<?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[The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29843]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make -- not just on your wedding day, but over and over again -- and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very exciting deal that's good for Mirage's shareholders. This will change the face of the gaming industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37309]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very exciting deal that's good for Mirage's shareholders. This will change the face of the gaming industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels  When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels  When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself -- a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman, a righteous or unrighteous man, ... when in the fullness of tasks, questions, success or ill-hap, experiences and perplexities, a man throws himself into the arms of God... then he wakes with Christ in Gethsemane. That is faith, and it is thus that he becomes a man and Christian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16715]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a law and not a punishment. Three things ought to console us for giving up life; the friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a law and not a punishment. Three things ought to console us for giving up life; the friends whom we have lost, the few persons worth of being loved whom we leave behind us, and finally the memory of our stupidities and the assurance that they are now going to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Christianity was muscular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6156]]></link><description><![CDATA[His Christianity was muscular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10980]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about the waist;    While the brown bees, humming praises,     Shot their arrows round the chief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we going to invite Syria back here again?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money does not change men, it only unmasks them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money does not change men, it only unmasks them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in debt is so far a slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11473]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in debt is so far a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37834]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What loss feels he that wots not what he loses? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48679]]></link><description><![CDATA[What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've personally used e2fsprogs 1.05 to make a 54bib partition. That's a lot of bibs. I thought a double chin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've personally used e2fsprogs 1.05 to make a 54bib partition. That's a lot of bibs. I thought a double chin was a lot, but to need 54 bibs, it would have to be a FAT partition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52820]]></link><description><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62636]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prices could remain at or above $38 for the next one to two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prices could remain at or above $38 for the next one to two years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By retiring and going to Florida in the winter, it allows me to spend more time with my family. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34218]]></link><description><![CDATA[By retiring and going to Florida in the winter, it allows me to spend more time with my family. My wife and I wanted to have more time to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun,  And in the dawn they floated on  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun,  And in the dawn they floated on   And mingled into one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing was a shock, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing was a shock,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43859]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57622]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26501]]></link><description><![CDATA[As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38589]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was truly in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33340]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was truly in the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a two-second call. There was no extended conversation. I don't understand the need to tell an untruth when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35631]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a two-second call. There was no extended conversation. I don't understand the need to tell an untruth when you have already lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33981]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver in the launch of Weekend Edition. The fact that she's leaving by mutual agreement indicates that the board is becoming more active, and is willing to make tougher decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53919</guid></item></channel></rss>