<?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[Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power forgood or evil-the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power forgood or evil-the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. Thisis simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what hepretends to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will be in very good shape to try this case again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41218]]></link><description><![CDATA[will be in very good shape to try this case again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28507]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40476]]></link><description><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53670]]></link><description><![CDATA[No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26382]]></link><description><![CDATA[I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her voice changed like a bird's: There grew more of the music, and less of the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her voice changed like a bird's: There grew more of the music, and less of the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60910</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[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is trying to do that within a Catholic context.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64622]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49535]]></link><description><![CDATA[In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5525]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47578]]></link><description><![CDATA[...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This is expressed in the claim, "All men are created equal," which is something very different from the statement, "All men have equal rights and are equal before the law." Anyone who believes in the genetic uniqueness of every individual thereby believes in the conclusion, "No two individuals are created equal.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60498]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do,  Must be an angel.   - Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2440]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did the little boy turkey named Art... chokeand then served his dead body with artichokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/266]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did the little boy turkey named Art... chokeand then served his dead body with artichokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18859]]></link><description><![CDATA[For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to take ourselves too seriously. We're not like this gothic, brooding, sitting-around-with-wine-in-silver-goblets, kind of Hot Topic thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to take ourselves too seriously. We're not like this gothic, brooding, sitting-around-with-wine-in-silver-goblets, kind of Hot Topic thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understand that some groups can be shocked by the publication of certain information, but there are legal means -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29419]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understand that some groups can be shocked by the publication of certain information, but there are legal means -- in Denmark and elsewhere -- to resolve this problem. They can file defamation charges in courts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then ... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53163]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then ... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10797]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,   Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou    These rural latches to his entrance open,     Or hoop his body more with thy embraces,      I will devise a death as cruel for thee       As thou art tender to't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when its through, if you are a crook or a martyr.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12227]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is not innocence but sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is not innocence but sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23539]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, love is the soul of a true Irishman; He loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23048]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, love is the soul of a true Irishman; He loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can,  With his sprig of shillelagh and shamrock so green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293</guid></item></channel></rss>