<?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[And he helped bring out the wounded, and the colors. You did not lose your colors in battle. And it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35438]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he helped bring out the wounded, and the colors. You did not lose your colors in battle. And it was a terrible disgrace if you lost your colors in battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48872</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/40269]]></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/40269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  A Christian and an unbelieving poet may both be equally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  A Christian and an unbelieving poet may both be equally original and draw on resources peculiar to themselves, but with this difference. The unbeliever may take his own temperament and experience, just as they happen to stand, and consider them worth communicating simply because they are his. To the Christian his own temperament and experience, as mere fact, and as merely his, are of no value or importance whatsoever: he will deal with them, if at all, only because they are the medium through which, or the position from which, something universally profitable appeared to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take it from us. As they (Europeans) see Iran's determination, they will be forced to show flexibility and accept it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can see a lot just by observing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44779]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can see a lot just by observing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher education has seen its percentage of general fund decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher education has seen its percentage of general fund decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30935]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before the Super Bowl contenders are decided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20265]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie.  Thus cried the Jessamine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie.  Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers,   How justly doth a lie    Draw on its head despair!     Among the fragrant spirits of the bowers      The boldest and the strongest still was I.       Although so fair,        Therefore from Heaven         A stronger perfume unto me was given          Than any blossom of the summer hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,    But is, when unadorn'd the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3052]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we didn't really want to push the fund-raising side of the event and wanted to present it more as a way to relieve stress. Walking is good for the heart and a great way to relieve stress, which everyone needs these days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45428]]></link><description><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65958]]></link><description><![CDATA[How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28720]]></link><description><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice, envy, pride. Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on Fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice, envy, pride. Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on Fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't scared of them. We felt we could match up with them. The only thing was that I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31588]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't scared of them. We felt we could match up with them. The only thing was that I think we got away from attacking like we had. They had 20 turnovers, but we didn't take advantage of as many of them as we should have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's breezy, hit it easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57752]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's breezy, hit it easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55103]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61556]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At one point he said, 'Do you want to torture me?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36170]]></link><description><![CDATA[At one point he said, 'Do you want to torture me?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41896]]></link><description><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while it's happening, I'll appreciate it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33852]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking the tires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun,  Singing in soothing tones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun,  Singing in soothing tones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57041</guid></item></channel></rss>