<?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[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23428]]></link><description><![CDATA[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth   Some monstrous malefactor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger;  Stronger than the dark, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger;  Stronger than the dark, the light;   Stronger than the wrong, the right;    Faith and Hope triumphant say     Christ will rise on Easter Day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9300]]></link><description><![CDATA[All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a long way to Albuquerque or El Paso. It's not as tight a core, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38868]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a long way to Albuquerque or El Paso. It's not as tight a core,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 Continuing a short series on the Bible: Come, Holy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 Continuing a short series on the Bible: Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee The prophets wrote and spoke; Unlock the truth, thyself the key, Unseal the sacred book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We just didn't come to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it is a curse because I don't get the opportunities that I normally would get. But if I am in a situation that is out of my control, everyone is still going to hold me responsible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth to it. [Fr., L'accent est l'ame du ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth to it. [Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment et la verite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell; Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54053]]></link><description><![CDATA[How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell; Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1100]]></link><description><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want any money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want any money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am proud to be a Democrat. Unfortunately, some of my political opponents are attempting to mislead the residents of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am proud to be a Democrat. Unfortunately, some of my political opponents are attempting to mislead the residents of the 19th District about who I am and the values that I hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're the first hard coking coal to go into production in the northeast in the last 20 years. We were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're the first hard coking coal to go into production in the northeast in the last 20 years. We were a developer and now we're a producer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind:  Invisible to mortal eyes they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind:  Invisible to mortal eyes they go,   And mark our actions, good or bad, below:    The immortal spies with watchful care preside,     And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide:      They can reward with glory or with gold,       A power they by Divine permission hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41155]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65085]]></link><description><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a massive scalp for us - the biggest result in the 22-year history of the club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32788]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a massive scalp for us - the biggest result in the 22-year history of the club.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10900]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links  Both Goddesses and Gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links  Both Goddesses and Gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And history with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19316]]></link><description><![CDATA[And history with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming off a tough win against Minuteman, it's good to get a win against Swampscott over here. We just did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming off a tough win against Minuteman, it's good to get a win against Swampscott over here. We just did what we do best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd attribute the lack of wild fruits to the drought we've been experiencing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38723]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd attribute the lack of wild fruits to the drought we've been experiencing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27771]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanations for my thoughts and feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have a manager, I didn't have a band, I was just a songwriter. But I needed to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have a manager, I didn't have a band, I was just a songwriter. But I needed to get my foot in the door, so I took the dollar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46958]]></link><description><![CDATA[England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument, Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,  Et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16116]]></link><description><![CDATA[La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument, Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,  Et dont l'autre est tenu par un grand imbecile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16116</guid></item></channel></rss>