<?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[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live and Let Die ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live and Let Die]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a suggestion of chrysanthemums and geraniums, or of October woods, dashed with scarlet oaks and yellow maples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moments, I'll be home cooking or something, and it comes to me all at once, and I can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29916]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moments, I'll be home cooking or something, and it comes to me all at once, and I can't believe it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred  Can bring more to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58567]]></link><description><![CDATA[As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred  Can bring more to the making up of a man,   Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature;    And did he not, each morning, new create thee,     Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About 150 families were killed, and hundreds of families were deported from there, and they destroyed the village, they destroyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29839]]></link><description><![CDATA[About 150 families were killed, and hundreds of families were deported from there, and they destroyed the village, they destroyed the orchards,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility educates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility educates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're senior-loaded, and we have a ton of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39393]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're senior-loaded, and we have a ton of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to enter a wet T-Shirt Contest until my breasts look more like breasts, and less like something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54690]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to enter a wet T-Shirt Contest until my breasts look more like breasts, and less like something I should tuck into my pants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23979]]></link><description><![CDATA[LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52788]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort,  Whose wit well managed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort,  Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,   Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idle head is a boxe for the winde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49119]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idle head is a boxe for the winde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of times, people think that this is New York, and you're never going to find an honest person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40695]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of times, people think that this is New York, and you're never going to find an honest person who's going to turn something in. But people are honest. They really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old unix hackers don't die, they just turn into zombie processes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old unix hackers don't die, they just turn into zombie processes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11843]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed herself even in her streets;   Whose towers bore heads so high they kissed the clouds,    And strangers ne'er beheld but wond'red at;     Whose men and dames so jetted and adorned,      Like one another's glass to trim them by;       Their tables were stored full, to glad the sight,        And not so much to feed on as delight;         All poverty was scorned, and pride so great          The name of help grew odious to repeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53811]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono  Scerne il dolor del fallo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54632]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of lingerie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of lingerie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be conservative.....is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9863]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be conservative.....is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your damned nonsense can I stand twice or once, but sometimes always, by God, never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your damned nonsense can I stand twice or once, but sometimes always, by God, never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause,   And hears them never pause, but pass and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5029]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're articulating feelings that they don't know how to articulate yet, but a teenager can relate to that and an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35279]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're articulating feelings that they don't know how to articulate yet, but a teenager can relate to that and an adult can relate to that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the state and local distribution plans that will define victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the state and local distribution plans that will define victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I might have been stupid in some respects, it if weren't for my psychedelic experiences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I might have been stupid in some respects, it if weren't for my psychedelic experiences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out West and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, "Looking for gold, ya durn fool." He'd say, "Your pick is gold," and I'd say, "Well, that was easy." Good joke, huh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no colors.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no colors.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And will you succeed?Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47741]]></link><description><![CDATA[And will you succeed?Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47741</guid></item></channel></rss>