<?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 opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66441]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19662]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There is no defect in Scripture, so anyone may "have the light of his natural understanding so completed... that there can be no want of needful instruction" for any good work God would have that person do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. [Fr., Ce qui nous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60381]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. [Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est qu'elle blesse la notre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Similar problems are faced in every household, but this is on a much larger scale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Similar problems are faced in every household, but this is on a much larger scale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this: That we must learn to realize that there's nothing separate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34249]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this: That we must learn to realize that there's nothing separate or apart. That everything is part of everything else. That there's nothing above us, or below us, or around us. All is inherent within us. Like Jesus said, "The Kingdom is Within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most senseless and fit man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most senseless and fit man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9484]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we see celebrity's ugly messes, including their drug and alcohol abuse, which, for many who admire these people, translates into a very dangerous message.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's difficult to appreciate the value of others when your own self assessment is over valued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63220]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's difficult to appreciate the value of others when your own self assessment is over valued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,  In some dread moment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,  In some dread moment. by the fates assign'd,   Shall pass away, nor leave a rack behind;    And Time's revolving wheels shall lose at last     The speed that spins the future and the past:      And, sovereign of an undisputed throne,       Awful eternity shall reign alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She said some very good things. But her very soft phrases are encouraging our leaders to oppose new leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30896]]></link><description><![CDATA[She said some very good things. But her very soft phrases are encouraging our leaders to oppose new leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44939]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burnt child dreads the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burnt child dreads the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right he'll go to the poor house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No check, no stay this streamlet fears: How merrily it goes!  'Twill murmur on a thousand years,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51859]]></link><description><![CDATA[No check, no stay this streamlet fears: How merrily it goes!  'Twill murmur on a thousand years,   And flow as now it flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8826]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just devastating to hear, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just devastating to hear,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an occupied city, I know. They have arms, they have weapons, they have police, they have mortar guns, but it is Palestinian and it is under occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was born within the sound of Bow-bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25456]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was born within the sound of Bow-bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[City outreach teams have been working aggressively to convince these individuals to accept services. There's no question that we're dealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37031]]></link><description><![CDATA[City outreach teams have been working aggressively to convince these individuals to accept services. There's no question that we're dealing with a population that is difficult to engage, but we're making some headway and some of them are accepting services.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509</guid></item></channel></rss>