<?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[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38198]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk the whole time without people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'outsider' who knows nothing of the mixture of tradition, conviction, honest difference, and hidden resentment, that lies behind the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'outsider' who knows nothing of the mixture of tradition, conviction, honest difference, and hidden resentment, that lies behind the divisions of the Christian Church sees clearly the advantage of a united Christian front and cannot see why the Churches cannot 'get together'. The problem is doubtless complicated, for there are many honest differences held with equal sincerity, but it is only made insoluble because the different denominations are (possibly unconsciously) imagining God to be Roman or Anglican or Baptist or Methodist or Presbyterian or what have you. If they could see beyond their little inadequate god, and glimpse the reality of God, they might even laugh a little and perhaps weep a little. The result would be a unity that actually does transcend differences, instead of ignoring them with public politeness and private contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52718]]></link><description><![CDATA[More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played for the city league championship and lost to Simon Gratz. That was always their state championship. Nobody is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41831]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played for the city league championship and lost to Simon Gratz. That was always their state championship. Nobody is comparable around here. They're interchangeable. They have big guys who can take it outside, they're super quick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well not making mistakes, living on the corners, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well not making mistakes, living on the corners,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43833]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25122]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57517]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Charles and his son William worked off their Christmas dinner yesterday by trying to blast some small furry creatures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince Charles and his son William worked off their Christmas dinner yesterday by trying to blast some small furry creatures to pieces.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are doing very well, making good money, more money than the rooms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35809]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are doing very well, making good money, more money than the rooms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20996]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not any hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient Stimulus to be creative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15062]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competitiveness has been a big thing for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competitiveness has been a big thing for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as yourdominant aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22709]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as yourdominant aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19397]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55269]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/343]]></link><description><![CDATA[...As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's virtue is man's greatest invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13429]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24194]]></link><description><![CDATA[That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the mantle of national interest is the last refuge of the economically dispossessed. In economic terms, pleading national interest is the declining cottage industry of those who have been bypassed by the global economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, particularly financials and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31067]]></link><description><![CDATA[If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, particularly financials and other areas that are interest-rate sensitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59600]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rumor mills is spreading and people are taking their kids out of school and are not going to work. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31011]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rumor mills is spreading and people are taking their kids out of school and are not going to work. The panic has already started here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114</guid></item></channel></rss>