<?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[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   [The Christian] refuses to give his heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   [The Christian] refuses to give his heart to, or be taken in by, the values and pleasures off this passing world. He does not hesitate to use all that is good and beautiful and true, partly because he knows that his God gives him "richly all things to enjoy", and partly because he knows that in all life's impermanent beauties and pleasures, there is the promise of the real and permanent which he is thoroughly convinced will exceed his wildest expectations. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He profits most who serves best. -Arthur F. Sheldon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5110]]></link><description><![CDATA[He profits most who serves best. -Arthur F. Sheldon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured. [Lat., Aurea nunc vere sunt saecula; plurimus auto  Venit honos; auro concilatur amor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you and that's what you will be remembered by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62826]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car and I think over the 15 days we were the better all-round outfit. It's a fantastic feeling to win the Dakar. I experienced many highs and lows in my skiing career, but this is so different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefsprovide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything,including ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21370]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefsprovide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything,including those things that other people are certain are impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14296]]></link><description><![CDATA[From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who knows football knows that everything starts up front on both sides of the ball, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who knows football knows that everything starts up front on both sides of the ball,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56437]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is power if you know about the right person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45142]]></link><description><![CDATA[But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm  The meanest hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17768]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm  The meanest hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23656]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47655]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5410]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winny and I lived in a house that ran on static electricity... If you wanted to run the blender, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winny and I lived in a house that ran on static electricity... If you wanted to run the blender, you had to rub balloons on your head. If you wanted to cook, you had to pull off a sweater real quick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the Day" without emphasizing again and again the utter impossibility of prediction. We must try to show them that that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe our Lord's words, why do you believe in His return at all? And if you do believe them, must you not put away from you, utterly and forever, any hope of dating that return?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The impression is] that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up, ... As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32898]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The impression is] that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up, ... As soon as you drift out of Dade County you find that the Alice in Wonderland world ends at the Dade-Broward line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48371]]></link><description><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1266]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19860]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A live dog is better than a dead lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A live dog is better than a dead lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they are doing is priceless, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39706]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they are doing is priceless,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientific research sooner or later, but inevitably, encounters something ultimately given that it cannot trace back to something else of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientific research sooner or later, but inevitably, encounters something ultimately given that it cannot trace back to something else of which it would appear as the regular or necessary derivative. Scientific progress consists in pushing further back this ultimately given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less shame a greater fault would palliate. [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Less shame a greater fault would palliate. [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41200]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3859]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3859</guid></item></channel></rss>