<?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 court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden suffering;    And then, to go to sleep;     And then, if it should be      The will of its Inquisitor,       The liberty to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15730]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The houses he makes last till doomsday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The houses he makes last till doomsday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47264]]></link><description><![CDATA[...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political rather than by economic means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/675]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like wind. When it blows, it washes everything away, so clutch onto what you are holding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like wind. When it blows, it washes everything away, so clutch onto what you are holding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art hath an enemy called ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art hath an enemy called ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that set of options which has economic value...It is the options, and not the physical things, which are the "property" - economically as well as legally...But because the public tends to think of property as tangible, physical things, this opens the way politically for government confiscation of property by forcibly taking away options while leaving the physical objects untouched.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From little spark may burst a mighty flame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54045]]></link><description><![CDATA[From little spark may burst a mighty flame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studious of ease, and fond of humble things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5966]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  The minister is the servant of his people, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  The minister is the servant of his people, who has to help them discern for themselves the will of God for their real work in the real world. It will often be his duty, therefore, to establish a certain economy in the internal life of the Church, so that people are released to give time and energy to fulfilment of their Christian duty in the worlds of industry or politics or business or professional life, where their most determinative decisions have to be taken. A new puritanism is urgently needed in most churches, which cuts away ruthlessly from their life all organizations and activities which prevent their members from grappling with their real task.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage of poison, and the plague. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live out of your imagination, not your history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live out of your imagination, not your history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Vance Walberg (Fresno City College basketball coach) said Jackson was like a man playing against boys. And there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even Vance Walberg (Fresno City College basketball coach) said Jackson was like a man playing against boys. And there is no doubt how good Clovis West is, but I thought our players were kind of intimidated and I was disappointed that we didn't compete better. I felt like some of the kids gave up and just went through the motions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   The concept of Israel as the chosen people does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   The concept of Israel as the chosen people does not imply a certain divine favoritism, as some seem to think, but an opportunity of grace, a calling that involved the assumption of the servant role among the nations. It was the fact that they had interpreted themselves as special objects of God's favor, and rejected the servant role, that led to their own rejection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big win because today we found a way to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big win because today we found a way to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like quick sand, if u fall in it then there is no way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like quick sand, if u fall in it then there is no way out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43188]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child certainly does change her viewpoint of herself and I believe her viewpoint of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of kidnapping has been the main reason for learning deficiencies, especially among children whose parents are government employees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of kidnapping has been the main reason for learning deficiencies, especially among children whose parents are government employees or high-ranking professionals like doctors and teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone told me I had five assists at halftime and I just laughed. It's nice, but the win is more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone told me I had five assists at halftime and I just laughed. It's nice, but the win is more important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollution is the forerunner of perdition ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pollution is the forerunner of perdition]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong,  Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong,  Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,   Fresh as the trickling rainbow of July;    Sea full of food, the nourisher of kinds,     Purger of earth, and medicine of men;      Creating a sweet climate by my breath,       Washing out harms and griefs from memory,        And, in my mathematic ebb and flow,         Giving a hint of that which changes not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make your life a mission-not an intermission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make your life a mission-not an intermission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let none admire That riches grow in hell; that soil may best  Deserve the precious bane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let none admire That riches grow in hell; that soil may best  Deserve the precious bane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance is about never-ending aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dance is about never-ending aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no future pang Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd  He deals on his own soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9793]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no future pang Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd  He deals on his own soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60454]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25700]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are the drivers who keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8993]]></link><description><![CDATA[If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are the drivers who keep us on the right track, leading to a richer, more benevolent society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8993</guid></item></channel></rss>