<?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[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64361]]></link><description><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And eternity's despair!    And they heart the words it said--     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!      Pan, Pan is dead!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29327]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's just too soon. Way too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13089]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29959]]></link><description><![CDATA[She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a year by underpaying women and using them as a reserve cheap labor supply]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37398]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in the driver's seat anymore. But we can go out there and perform our best next weekend. It feels terrible, and I hope we don't feel like this again for the rest of the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour? [Lat., Quid datur a divis felici optatius ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18641]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour? [Lat., Quid datur a divis felici optatius hora?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28691]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the airport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We have to bounce back. This is another big week for us. We're playing some tough teams, and we really have to rise to the occasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56295]]></link><description><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52508]]></link><description><![CDATA[All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks to rise to God; and there is no road that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst businessmistake if I don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst businessmistake if I don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The O2 shareholders currently have a clean, simple cash deal on the table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The O2 shareholders currently have a clean, simple cash deal on the table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the creative individual all experience is seminal- all events are equidistant from new ideas and insights... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the creative individual all experience is seminal- all events are equidistant from new ideas and insights...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5937]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Purchaser A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner thathe should try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Purchaser A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner thathe should try out the animal before he bought him. He took theAss home and put him in the straw-yard with his other Asses, uponwhich the new animal left all the others and at once joined theone that was most idle and the greatest eater of them all. Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and led him back to hisowner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could havemade a trial of him, he answered, I do not need a trial; I knowthat he will be just the same as the one he chose for hiscompanion. A man is known by the company he keeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That has considered the decline in cigarette consumption and production. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29372]]></link><description><![CDATA[That has considered the decline in cigarette consumption and production.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50726]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50726</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[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57811]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/209]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence... and loathing seizes him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4456]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16443]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is a cruelty To load a falling man. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56059]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is a cruelty To load a falling man. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Why should men love the Church? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Why should men love the Church? Why should they love her laws? She tells them of Life and Death, and of all they would forget. She is tender where they would be hard, and hard where they like to be soft. She tells them of Evil and Sin, and other unpleasant facts. They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The further you go, the better chance there is that you're going to get your heart ripped out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The further you go, the better chance there is that you're going to get your heart ripped out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24696</guid></item></channel></rss>