<?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[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also practicing high-risk drinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53088]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7790]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41098]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection and redress against the violation of their rights and deprivation of their freedoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever has Christ in his heart, so that no earthly or temporal things -- not even those that are legitimate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever has Christ in his heart, so that no earthly or temporal things -- not even those that are legitimate and allowed -- are preferred to Him, has Christ as a foundation. But if these things be preferred, then even though a man seem to have faith in Christ, yet Christ is not the foundation to that man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't choose up sides on a round world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21511]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't choose up sides on a round world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times to Roddick, and this was his day to beat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air--it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius and its rewards are briefly told: A liberal nature and a niggard doom,  A difficult journey to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius and its rewards are briefly told: A liberal nature and a niggard doom,  A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it about the fact that it's people of short stature wrestling, that's when you're inviting the exploitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63726]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other. What we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20963]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed  Was innocence for innocence; we knew not   The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed    That any did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am glad that he thanks God for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am glad that he thanks God for anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30152]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm Sunday] has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions -- even parading without a permit! Also, when Jesus "set his face to go to Jerusalem," what was involved was direct action, an open confrontation and public demonstration of the incompatibility of evil with the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme warm temperatures early on and wet, heavy rains could change that. That's what usually causes flooding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme warm temperatures early on and wet, heavy rains could change that. That's what usually causes flooding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love we give away is the only love we keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25694]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love we give away is the only love we keep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to light 1 candlethan to curse the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59225]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to light 1 candlethan to curse the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates;  The fumes of it invade the brain,   And make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates;  The fumes of it invade the brain,   And make men giddy, proud, and vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You change your life by changing your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5502]]></link><description><![CDATA[You change your life by changing your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28831]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like one of your favorite people. And then they say something and you remember why you don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never were in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12584]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never were in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37606]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll get killed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60882]]></link><description><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59383]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore,   Here's a double health to thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43454</guid></item></channel></rss>