<?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[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7153]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    April 4, 1998  The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity; but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least of all deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time is always right to do what is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time is always right to do what is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14241]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26459]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes show us what we need to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes show us what we need to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity  Under the sun.   Oh! it was pitiful!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity  Under the sun.   Oh! it was pitiful!    Near a whole city full,     Home had she none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46052]]></link><description><![CDATA[When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudice, and motivated by pride and vanity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8598]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him. In the end, the first step of obedience proves to be an act of faith in the word of Christ. But we should completely misunderstand the nature of grace if we were to suppose that there was no need to take the first-step, because faith was already there. Against that, we must boldly assert that the step of obedience must be taken before faith can be possible. Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des representants du peuple, plus j'aime mes chiens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He asked me if we could please sit down and talk to each other, Nobody more than I wants this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40844]]></link><description><![CDATA[He asked me if we could please sit down and talk to each other, Nobody more than I wants this to be straightened out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course. [Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People use not just personal computers, but telephones, televisions, wireless and other devices with this technology so that minutes will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42518]]></link><description><![CDATA[People use not just personal computers, but telephones, televisions, wireless and other devices with this technology so that minutes will migrate over time. We really don't see a mass substitution or a great big cliff ahead of us, but rather that people will use this [Net2Phone applications] in conjunction with activities that they are performing in the Internet portal space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61099]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that's really it. You know, if I really wanted to enact social change… I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf  Of the ravined salt-sea shark,   Root ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf  Of the ravined salt-sea shark,   Root of hemlock digged i' th' dark,    Liver of blaspheming Jew,     Gall of goat, and slips of yew      Slivered in the moon's eclipse,       Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,        Finger of birth-strangled babe         Ditch-delivered by a drab          Make the gruel thick and slab.           Add there to a tiger's chaudron            For th' ingredience of our cauldron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tauzin backs term limits -- But he thinks it's a bad idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tauzin backs term limits -- But he thinks it's a bad idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17714]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wages, benefits and pensions are not going to be as lucrative. We know that. But what they've put on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wages, benefits and pensions are not going to be as lucrative. We know that. But what they've put on the table is not acceptable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12525]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61105]]></link><description><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57308]]></link><description><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17261]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In general throughout the season, Riley was our leader on and off the course. The 79s are not something he'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30423]]></link><description><![CDATA[In general throughout the season, Riley was our leader on and off the course. The 79s are not something he'd like. He had less than adequate two days of putting, but otherwise he struck the ball very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10210]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59790]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3159]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a certain sense all men are historians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19321]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a certain sense all men are historians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369</guid></item></channel></rss>