<?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[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. He will become one of the great players in NBA history. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40666]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. He will become one of the great players in NBA history. He's got the size, intelligence, youth, and quickness to be a phenomenal, forceful player in the league.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are searching for the Holocaust, you will find the real Holocaust in Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41299]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are searching for the Holocaust, you will find the real Holocaust in Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by their example, pattern out   Their limitations, and regard of laws:    A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll  Grow deep and still, and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll  Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence   Becomes a benefaction to the towns    They visit, wandering silently among them,     Like patriarchs old among their shining tents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so? She smiled, and said: I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can. No arguments will give courage to the coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme,   Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go,    Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of three letters, " F U R." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of three letters, " F U R."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. We believe that Iran and Russia should find a way out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35733]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. We believe that Iran and Russia should find a way out of this jointly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65636]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a swan, you're probably not going to find a swan that looks much better than the one you've got, so why not mate for life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who had been brought up within one or other of the great pre-Christian religious systems and who had staunchly defended their own inherited traditions against the innovation of the Christian outlook; whereas any apologetic that is to be effective in this country today must be addressed to men who stand within the inheritance of the Christian tradition and know nothing, save by hearsay, of any other, but who have now in varying degrees disengaged themselves from this tradition and whose quarrel with Christianity is therefore undertaken from the point of view either of no religion at all or of some very vague and tenuous residuum of Christian religiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12685]]></link><description><![CDATA[No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say:  Colors seen by candle-light   Will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61997]]></link><description><![CDATA["Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say:  Colors seen by candle-light   Will not look the same by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54506]]></link><description><![CDATA[And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow;  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,   Diffuse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow;  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,   Diffuse their balmy sweets around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By nature all people are alike, but by education become different ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13376]]></link><description><![CDATA[By nature all people are alike, but by education become different]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is the senility of democracies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is the senility of democracies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supplies of imported coal into the United States are expected to increase substantially over the next several years as power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supplies of imported coal into the United States are expected to increase substantially over the next several years as power generators and other industrial end users work to comply with stricter air emission standards, and as production from the Central Appalachian coal basin continues to decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45959]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the ball I just went hard toward the box and on this field it's easier to stay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39071]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the ball I just went hard toward the box and on this field it's easier to stay in front so I just made sure to keep the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46086]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50016]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31306]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty well. We just made so many mistakes early that we let it get away from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgerize that society. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26648]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgerize that society. We can brutalize it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take any risk. There is caution, indeed, because of the elections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality is that most of us sit at home and read about the Super Bowl and the $1,000 parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality is that most of us sit at home and read about the Super Bowl and the $1,000 parties, and we won't have an opportunity to participate. When I look at a $400 ticket, I blanch. This allows everyday people to get involved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31433</guid></item></channel></rss>