<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52935]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47199]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46051]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach of hell   At ebb of tide."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. It's tough to swallow right now. ... Things aren't always gonna go your way. That's the only way I can really look at it. Some things we can control and some we can't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  You can also offer your prayers, obedience, and endurance of dryness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  You can also offer your prayers, obedience, and endurance of dryness to Our Lord, for the good of other souls, and then you have practiced intercession. Never mind if it all seems for the time very second-hand. The less you get out of it, the nearer it approaches to being something worth offering; and the humiliation of not being able to feel as devout as we want to be, is excellent for most of us. Use vocal prayer... very slowly, trying to realize the meaning with which it is charged and remember that... you are only a unit in the Chorus of the Church, so that the others will make good the shortcomings you cannot help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty, and truth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to be persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60287]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to be persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There needs to be at some point some permanency to this thing, ... And I think thatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s what our concern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36875]]></link><description><![CDATA[There needs to be at some point some permanency to this thing, ... And I think thatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s what our concern was. WeÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢re not trying to tell Auburn who should be the chief executive officer. (WeÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢re) asking them to go ahead and make decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we lost King, we lost our guy who pushes us, who pushes the ball up the court for us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32452]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we lost King, we lost our guy who pushes us, who pushes the ball up the court for us. I didn't think we were going to be able to score quickly after that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very relevant to the students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32674]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very relevant to the students.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27933]]></link><description><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. - The Italians, 1964.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56057]]></link><description><![CDATA[After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up there, we were able to show a very significant impact because the economies are more compressed around the beach, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up there, we were able to show a very significant impact because the economies are more compressed around the beach, ... The local (Manatee-Sarasota) economy is not as diverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then they began to sing That extremely lovely thing,  "Scherzando! ma non troppo, ppp." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then they began to sing That extremely lovely thing,  "Scherzando! ma non troppo, ppp."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reading history is good for all of us," he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his rationale is a fresh, somewhat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4219]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reading history is good for all of us," he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his rationale is a fresh, somewhat bracing thought: "If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a self-made man or self-made woman. We are shaped by people we have never met. Yes, reading history will make you a better citizen and more appreciative of the law, and of freedom, and of how the economy works or doesn't work, but it is also an immense pleasure—the way art is, or music is, or poetry is. And it's never stale."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10446]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real journey was inward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47402]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is the best thing we can offer our patients.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . The dove and very blessed spirit of peace, . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12810]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . The dove and very blessed spirit of peace, . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of every hole in the Cosmos hunting for the Absolute Cheese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,   With a quicker count will go.    Think,--the shadow on the dial     For the nature most undone,      Marks the passing of the trial,       Proves the presence of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110]]></link><description><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all hearts were open and all desires known -- as they would be if people showed their souls -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61058]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all hearts were open and all desires known -- as they would be if people showed their souls -- how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577]]></link><description><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27420]]></link><description><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19242]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51182]]></link><description><![CDATA[So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14135]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931]]></link><description><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your visionis the promise of what you shall one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your visionis the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy ofwhat you shall at last unveil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that men's behavior is measured with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that men's behavior is measured with a feminine ruler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift. He told me that once he forgot himself and opened up like a door with a loose latch and everything fell out and he tried for days to put it all back in the proper order, but he finally gave up and left if there in a pile and loved everything equally. thanks to a subscriber!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54222]]></link><description><![CDATA[One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27663]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63434]]></link><description><![CDATA[There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still believe America’s destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still believe America’s destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43617</guid></item></channel></rss>