<?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[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, and the guy calls up and makes a joke about it. He said it was totally disarming. It was also totally brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides, you know Prosperity's the very bond of love,  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together   Affliction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides, you know Prosperity's the very bond of love,  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together   Affliction alters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of our infield is our biggest improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of our infield is our biggest improvement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation,  And bury all, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8781]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation,  And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges,   In heaps and piles of ruin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... a place where they dispense with justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10429]]></link><description><![CDATA[... a place where they dispense with justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt can only be removed by action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt can only be removed by action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself necessary to somebody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself necessary to somebody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to add political impetus required to reach an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27605]]></link><description><![CDATA[An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart your offices for gold   To undeservers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25661]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a mind all logic is like a knife blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25439]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a mind all logic is like a knife blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who this really hurts is entry-level workers because it makes it harder for them to find work. Instead of hiring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who this really hurts is entry-level workers because it makes it harder for them to find work. Instead of hiring five people (business owners) hire three people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40239]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he made a diving save into the corner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 17 counties have to change vendors before June, that's going to be a huge challenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40078]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 17 counties have to change vendors before June, that's going to be a huge challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I've always thought dying on vacation was the better way to go . . . I do have certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I've always thought dying on vacation was the better way to go . . . I do have certain requests about my passing, though. I hope that if I die in a plane crash, it's coming FROM a vacation instead of heading TO. I know, it's a small consolation, but I'd have a tan and would look rested at my calling hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it -- or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though no one can go back and make a brand new start my friend, anyone canstart from now and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though no one can go back and make a brand new start my friend, anyone canstart from now and make a brand new end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just happened to make the last play. If the game lasts another minute, (Missouri State) wins. That's just how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37174]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just happened to make the last play. If the game lasts another minute, (Missouri State) wins. That's just how this game was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also practicing high-risk drinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2648]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never speak ill of yourself; your friends will always say enough on that subject. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never speak ill of yourself; your friends will always say enough on that subject.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60021]]></link><description><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49046]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22676]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offersufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given setof circumstances, to choose one's own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people have opened their eyes now. The game is getting played more and more all around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31055]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people have opened their eyes now. The game is getting played more and more all around the world. We get more respect now than we used to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail;  We'll pull his plumes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail;  We'll pull his plumes and take away his train,   If Dauphin and the rest will be but ruled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will require school districts to have a plan on how they will deal with school opening and closing.ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â  It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will require school districts to have a plan on how they will deal with school opening and closing.ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â  It will require the mayor to have a plan on whether or not they're going to ask the theaters not to have a movie, et cetera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the gilded car of day, His glowing axle doth allay  In the steep Atlantic stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58334]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the gilded car of day, His glowing axle doth allay  In the steep Atlantic stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17663]]></link><description><![CDATA[One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65843</guid></item></channel></rss>