<?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[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46425]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be great is to be misunderstood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14430]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be great is to be misunderstood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565]]></link><description><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui n'en que faire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've done a lot of camps and Ryan is great with the kids. He's one of the best coaches in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35827]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've done a lot of camps and Ryan is great with the kids. He's one of the best coaches in Connecticut. No one even comes close. In three days I've seen a lot of improvement with the kids, where with some other camps you don't see any improvement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,  Could penetrate her uncompassionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51536]]></link><description><![CDATA[But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,  Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,   To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;    Resigns his native rights for meaner things,     For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8513]]></link><description><![CDATA[If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we are, comparatively speaking, humane -- if, in other words, you think God might be content with us on that ground -- ask yourself whether you think God ought to have been content with the cruelty of past ages because they excelled in courage or chastity. You will see at once that this is an impossibility. From considering how the cruelty of our ancestors looks to us, you may get some inkling of how our softness, worldliness, and timidity would have looked to them, and hence how both must look to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just become a more accepted, more mainstream culinary choice in this country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31675]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just become a more accepted, more mainstream culinary choice in this country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws die, Books never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws die, Books never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49914]]></link><description><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is that a money issue, it's a space issue. We may have to buy another (mobile classroom). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is that a money issue, it's a space issue. We may have to buy another (mobile classroom).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17415]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15890]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing it now with a big migration from Java to PHP in Web development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41413]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing it now with a big migration from Java to PHP in Web development.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is possessed of a divine power, for not only . . . does it make the absent present, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is possessed of a divine power, for not only . . . does it make the absent present, but it also, after many centuries, makes the dead almost alive, so that they are recognized with great admiration . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9841]]></link><description><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some wee short hour ayont the twal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some wee short hour ayont the twal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65359]]></link><description><![CDATA[No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51645]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are good kids here at Stone High. They always played hard. I have had a lot of good times. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36056]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are good kids here at Stone High. They always played hard. I have had a lot of good times. It's been a valuable experience for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48163]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again by driving through my home town by car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worlds best progrss springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worlds best progrss springs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16385]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he stood up and asked me if I wanted to see his penis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a second helping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5346]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5121]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To work is to pray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62176]]></link><description><![CDATA[To work is to pray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war is history, the Iran-Iraq borders should turn into borders of peace and friendship, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war is history, the Iran-Iraq borders should turn into borders of peace and friendship,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media: 99,99% of what happens is not on the news ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Media: 99,99% of what happens is not on the news]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625</guid></item></channel></rss>