<?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[Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad part is, we voted for him because we believed him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad part is, we voted for him because we believed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis the merry nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates  With fast thick warble his delicious notes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44542]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis the merry nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates  With fast thick warble his delicious notes,   As he were fearful that an April night    Would be too short for him to utter forth     His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul      Of all its music!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better not to be at all Than not to be noble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertue never growes old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertue never growes old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice for the entombment of bones!Best to "Realize" the temporal nature of thingsand simply "Do and Die!1973]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a man's compass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a man's compass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30102]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/430]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is by nature a civic animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is by nature a civic animal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49419]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's probably a fairly even split of the people who are solidly behind Katherine and those who are not solidly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34565]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's probably a fairly even split of the people who are solidly behind Katherine and those who are not solidly behind her yet and thinking about another candidate probably would be nice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3043]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ricky was "L" but he's home with the flu,Lizzie, our "O," had some homework to do,Mitchell, "E" prob'ly got lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ricky was "L" but he's home with the flu,Lizzie, our "O," had some homework to do,Mitchell, "E" prob'ly got lost on the way,So I'm all of the love that could make it today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes that we champion and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes that we champion and the people we fight for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item she doesn't want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble theirfood, and tyrannize their teachers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble theirfood, and tyrannize their teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I applaud (NWA Head Start). They hired somebody bilingual it's a tremendous need in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I applaud (NWA Head Start). They hired somebody bilingual it's a tremendous need in the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less;--still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictures must not be too picturesque. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pictures must not be too picturesque.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June,  Sole noise that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June,  Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon,   When ev'n the bees lag at the summoning brass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387</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[For the most part, the deciding factor in whether or not parents do well is how able they are to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33039]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the most part, the deciding factor in whether or not parents do well is how able they are to understand that it's the illness, not the child, creating the chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is you don't want to pick something too wacky, like a sector fund, or something too aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is you don't want to pick something too wacky, like a sector fund, or something too aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love means never having to say you're sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love means never having to say you're sorry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26960]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian of a faith like this,   Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,    And in a convert mourns to lose a prey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I assert and believe to have demonstrated in this and earlier works is that following the finite there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20818]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I assert and believe to have demonstrated in this and earlier works is that following the finite there is a transfinite (which one could also call the supra-finite), that is an unbounded ascending lader of definite modes, which by their nature are not finite but infinite, but which just like the finite can be determined by well-defined and distinguishable numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11169]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have begun to think that the seventies are the very worst years since the history of life began on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have begun to think that the seventies are the very worst years since the history of life began on earth...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39174</guid></item></channel></rss>