<?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[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60405]]></link><description><![CDATA[One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the opium of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the opium of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/68]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/68</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An undertaking beset with danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50186]]></link><description><![CDATA[An undertaking beset with danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27023]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42325]]></link><description><![CDATA[IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it spread and, above all, democratized knowledge. Provide you could pay and read, what was on the shelves in the new bookshops was yours for the taking. The speed with which printing presses and their operators fanned out across Europe is extraordinary. From the single Mainz press of 1457, it took only twenty-three years to establish presses in 110 towns: 50 in Ita!0 in Germany, 9 in France, 8 in Spain, 8 in Holland, 4 in England, and so on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear;  Who broke no promise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear;  Who broke no promise, served no private end,   Who gained no title, and who lost no friend,    Ennobled by himself, by all approved,     And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and the flowers faded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57161]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and the flowers faded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamond cuts diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamond cuts diamond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own. [Ger., Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25126]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own. [Ger., Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60325]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4065]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the love of God, folks, don't do this at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/949]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the love of God, folks, don't do this at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thinking there was somebody there to help me, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41442]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking there was somebody there to help me,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You feel like maybe you need the rest . . . but you have to make sure you stay on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28814]]></link><description><![CDATA[You feel like maybe you need the rest . . . but you have to make sure you stay on top of the little details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured itout. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured itout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned -- although they have been bestowed by God himself, the author of nature. To this I reply that we do not condemn those inclinations which God so engraved upon the character of man at his first creation, that they were eradicable only with humanity itself; but only those bold and unbridled impulses which contend against God's control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23467]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hesitation the opportunity is often lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51587]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They held it in conjunction with the Orange Festival, and the farmers would put on displays. All the locals would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35561]]></link><description><![CDATA[They held it in conjunction with the Orange Festival, and the farmers would put on displays. All the locals would come, and they even attracted folks from Dania, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. It was one of the things that put Davie in the public eye. As more people heard about the rodeo, they'd come to Davie. It was a big thing at the time, and they had some pretty serious square dancing contests,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12628]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true before   Prove false again? Two hundred more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63760]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57054]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not going to be a superman every time you go out onto the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28448]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not going to be a superman every time you go out onto the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance,by a desire to control oil wealth, bya desire to implant our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18299]]></link><description><![CDATA[This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance,by a desire to control oil wealth, bya desire to implant our programs.on the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen him there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen him there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick sleepes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick sleepes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29551]]></link><description><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come home to men's business and bosoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come home to men's business and bosoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics is written for mathematicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics is written for mathematicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140</guid></item></channel></rss>