<?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[Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survival is nothing more than recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Survival is nothing more than recovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was back and forth all game, and we had no downturns. We only missed two serves in three games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31199]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was back and forth all game, and we had no downturns. We only missed two serves in three games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cost of living is dying, everybody pays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing we tell our client countries is to have clear institutional arrangements in place for having rapid response and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41510]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing we tell our client countries is to have clear institutional arrangements in place for having rapid response and effective coordination,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13397]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Network security and the ability to operate in the face of disaster are some of the top concerns for integrated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Network security and the ability to operate in the face of disaster are some of the top concerns for integrated communications providers. In today's converged telecom market, security solutions are more critical than ever before and Telecom NEXT is the only place to see the latest advances in network security.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sense runs out, one shall follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22997]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sense runs out, one shall follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35578]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do with him being a veterinarian and not a physician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They make fun of the way I talk and I give it back to them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39160]]></link><description><![CDATA[They make fun of the way I talk and I give it back to them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22480]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulousarabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less thana god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42846]]></link><description><![CDATA[More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60083]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44195]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54749]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is Too Slow for those who Wait,  Too Swift for those who Fear,   Too Long for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is Too Slow for those who Wait,  Too Swift for those who Fear,   Too Long for those who Grieve,    Too Short for those who Rejoice;     But for those who Love,      Time is not.   - Henry Jackson van Dyke,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65860]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37228]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61881]]></link><description><![CDATA[An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I can't do anything about ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48291]]></link><description><![CDATA[My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I can't do anything about]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22702]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earth; Each of us here as divinely as any is here. -Walt Whitman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876   It is to be acknowledged that many passages in the Bible are abstruse, and not to be easily understood. Yet we are not to omit reading the abstruser texts, which have any appearance of relating to us; but should follow the example of the Blessed Virgin, who understood not several of our Saviour's sayings, but kept them all in her heart. Were we only to learn humility thus, it would be enough; but we shall by degrees come to apprehend far more than we expected, if we diligently compare spiritual things to spiritual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39245]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important broadcasters in Latin America have been here, and now here I am. I have a responsibility to do my best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any young person who has studied Heidegger; or seen Ionesco's 'plays'; or listened to the 'music' of John Cage; or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any young person who has studied Heidegger; or seen Ionesco's 'plays'; or listened to the 'music' of John Cage; or looked at Andy Warhol's 'paintings'- has experienced that feeling of incredulous puzzlement: But this is nonsense! Can I really be expected to take this seriously?In fact, of course, it is necessary for it to be nonsense; if it made sense, it could be evaluated. The essence of modern intellectual snobbery is the 'emperor's new cloths' approach. Teachers, critics, our self-appointed intellectual elite, make it quite clear to us that if we cannot see the superlative nature of this 'art'- why, it merely shows our ignorance, our lack of sophistication and insight. Of course, they go beyond the storybook emperor's tailors, who dressed their victim in nothing and called it fine garments. The modern tailors dress the emperor in garbage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26226]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12513]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12513</guid></item></channel></rss>