<?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[Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It is only by the giving of life that we can have life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online poker has served as a learning platform for many players who have now started to take part in poker ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Online poker has served as a learning platform for many players who have now started to take part in poker tournaments in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and elsewhere. The online poker rooms are less intimidating for many new players and serve as a stepping stone for their move to land-based poker rooms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60333]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain, froward child of empire, say, Are all thy playthings snatched away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain, froward child of empire, say, Are all thy playthings snatched away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad forgery's the ultimate insult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15764]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32084]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4695]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19539]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675   What happens to someone who follows heretical teachings? It became quickly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675   What happens to someone who follows heretical teachings? It became quickly and readily apparent how cruel heretical teachings are and how prevalent the heresies are in contemporary times. Victims of these teachings have been encouraged to either to escape the world and their basic humanity into some form of flight and death or to use religion to undergird and isolate further their own self-centered self from the need to be loved and to love...   The conviction that heresy is cruel has given me a growing awe of and respect for orthodoxy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over and all things are righted,   God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2396]]></link><description><![CDATA[A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58669]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huzzaed out of my seven senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huzzaed out of my seven senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since I've been here a long time, I forget. I can speak it, but sometimes I have to go to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since I've been here a long time, I forget. I can speak it, but sometimes I have to go to my mom and dad for a word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig   And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig."    "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig,     And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, as in common life, we frequently see that a novelty in system, or in practice, cannot be duly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, as in common life, we frequently see that a novelty in system, or in practice, cannot be duly appreciated till time has sobered the enthusiasm of its advocates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38986]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365]]></link><description><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investigation continues. ... There has been no final ruling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investigation continues. ... There has been no final ruling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can, That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can, That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48012]]></link><description><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the key word here was persistency. We just kept putting pressure on them, believed in our system and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the key word here was persistency. We just kept putting pressure on them, believed in our system and sooner or later, we would get the breaks to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58205]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58205</guid></item></channel></rss>