<?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[When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51754]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. - Gandhi, An Autobiography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19454]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet who shall shut out Fate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet who shall shut out Fate?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll have a short presentation. We just encourage anybody who is interested in the lake to attend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33557]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll have a short presentation. We just encourage anybody who is interested in the lake to attend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61718]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48786]]></link><description><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still you keep o' the windy side of the law. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still you keep o' the windy side of the law. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by;  They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong,   Wise, foolish,--so am I;    Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,     Or hurl the cynic's ban?      Let me live in my house by the side of the road,       And be a friend to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37950]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap  Drawn from Earth's prolific lap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap  Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53207]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3431]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem; and through the dark,  A moving radiance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem; and through the dark,  A moving radiance twinkles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11114]]></link><description><![CDATA[In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12541</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[Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17145]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.   - George Washington,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16059]]></link><description><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail!  See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:   They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste cannot be controlled by law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste cannot be controlled by law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fear it is too choleric a meat. How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fear it is too choleric a meat. How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45533]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their actions were morally ugly. After spending so much time among us, they stabbed us in the back, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their actions were morally ugly. After spending so much time among us, they stabbed us in the back,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He called them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55843]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He called them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49403]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136]]></link><description><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive property is a theft against nature. [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exclusive property is a theft against nature. [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61150]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26216]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement is possible, we need only refer to a passage in Engel's most famous book. Here, in 1878, Engels apodictically announced that military weapons are "now so perfected that no further progress of any revolutionizing influence is any longer possible." Henceforth "all further [technological] progress is by and large indifferent for land warfare. The age of evolution is in this regard essentially closed." This complacent conclusion shows in what the achievement of the innovator consists: he accomplishes what other people believe to be unthinkable and unfeasible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists are the easiest to fool. They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists are the easiest to fool. They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the one where everything has a logical explanation and things are what they appear to be. Children and conjurors - they terrify me. Scientists are no problem; against them I feel quite confident. -James P. Hogan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9397</guid></item></channel></rss>