<?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[Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the concrete is just basically disintegrated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to leave them. They cost about $75 apiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34482]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to leave them. They cost about $75 apiece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jest not with the eye or with Religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jest not with the eye or with Religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing that a sinner can reasonably hope for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart and soul of the question is whether they can charge us impact fees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart and soul of the question is whether they can charge us impact fees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything -- gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything -- gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness -- rediscovers itself at precisely the point where the mind requires a language to express its manifestations. To break through language in order to touch life is to create or recreate the theatre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things which a person can do alone, but being a Christian is not one of them. As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7992]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things which a person can do alone, but being a Christian is not one of them. As the Christian life is, above all things, a state of union with Christ, and of union of his followers with one another, love of the brethren is inseparable from love of God. Resentment toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart with love to God. The personal relationship to Christ can only be realized when one has "come to himself" as a member of His Body, the Christian fellowship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had food and clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beside the brook and on the umbered meadow, Where yellow fern-tufts fleck the faded ground,  With folded lids beneath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beside the brook and on the umbered meadow, Where yellow fern-tufts fleck the faded ground,  With folded lids beneath their palmy shadow   The gentian nods in dewy slumbers bound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12477]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manny is a strange guy. Outward, he's happy-go-lucky. On the inside, he's got a lot of conspiracy theories going on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manny is a strange guy. Outward, he's happy-go-lucky. On the inside, he's got a lot of conspiracy theories going on. Obviously, Manny might be one of those guys when he's 50 years old he might be in his house with all the blinds shut and looking out and the CIA is after him. You don't know, man. You don't know what's going on his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football field. He played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety, wherever we needed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12072]]></link><description><![CDATA[They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion that their daily birth  From all the fuming vanities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion that their daily birth  From all the fuming vanities of earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are excited, but there are more games left. You can't focus on this one. You have to put it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38176]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are excited, but there are more games left. You can't focus on this one. You have to put it behind you and you have to go on to the next one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45504]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36854]]></link><description><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40435]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been able to accomplish that. They need that off their plate. It is in Haywood County so let Haywood County take it and make something out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18967]]></link><description><![CDATA[When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied. -Herophilus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill Not. Cause no pain.Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill Not. Cause no pain.Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more news of good economic growth and low inflation. That takes pressure off of stocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37899]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more news of good economic growth and low inflation. That takes pressure off of stocks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955   There is no wrath that stands between God and us, but what is awakened in the dark fire of our own fallen nature; and to quench this wrath, and not His own, God gave His only begotten Son to be made man. God has no more wrath in Himself now than He had before the creation, when He had only Himself to love... And it was solely to quench this wrath, awakened in the human soul, that the blood of the Son of God was necessary; because nothing but a life and birth, derived from Him into the human soul, could change this darkened root of a self-tormenting fire into an amiable image of the Holy Trinity as it was at first created.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39298]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school. I get a lot of people who have their publicist call my agent to ask, 'Is she dating anyone?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40532]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move from another country, with perhaps little education or with a lot of education and degrees crossing over from another industry, all of these folks have opportunities in tourism. Young or old, part time or full time, it needs everyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072</guid></item></channel></rss>