<?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[There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons--  That oppresses, like the Heft   Of Cathedral Tunes-- ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61716]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons--  That oppresses, like the Heft   Of Cathedral Tunes--]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56419]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chivalry's dead, sugar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chivalry's dead, sugar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Johannes] Brahms chose his own texts [for his German Requiem] from Luther's Bible to illustrate the Protestant conviction that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6861]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Johannes] Brahms chose his own texts [for his German Requiem] from Luther's Bible to illustrate the Protestant conviction that man must hear and respond to God's word in man's own language, and that every believer must be free to deal with the Biblical text apart from priestly veto... For the word "German" he would gladly have substituted the word "human" because he was concerned to comment on "the primary text of human existence," finding there, as in the Bible, the universal themes of suffering and joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or authoritative in his time, we must never rule out the possibility that what we have discovered is not the limit of his vision but only an example of his deliberate rhetorical accommodation to reigning prejudice which he does not share but thinks it best not to expose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15678]]></link><description><![CDATA[FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot of chances and one has to say that Pagliuca was really good today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20874]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, "I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gillman's did the business for me."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51967]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl remember that who seaketh two strings to one bowe, he may shute strong but never strait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receiveback. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21492]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receiveback.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People under 60, raised on television, they remember by what they see. The churches that are using a great deal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33908]]></link><description><![CDATA[People under 60, raised on television, they remember by what they see. The churches that are using a great deal of the arts in their worship and drama and visual film are doing it in part because they realize film and television are really the language of today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, having the speedometer in the front windshield was something I've never experienced before, and that took some getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, having the speedometer in the front windshield was something I've never experienced before, and that took some getting used to. The power was there, and every red light was a temptation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. A few became nauseated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47033]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840]]></link><description><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den Augenblick geboren;   Das Aechte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33877]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they say I just don't understand it. You work around that by making it interesting and fun and relevant for kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11891]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The police chief works directly for the city manager, who works for the city council, so there is a direct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The police chief works directly for the city manager, who works for the city council, so there is a direct line between city council goals for public safety and the law enforcement and safety professionals who carry out those goals,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are enormously long lags from a change in exchange rates to impact on production and employment. ...The dollar has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37047]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are enormously long lags from a change in exchange rates to impact on production and employment. ...The dollar has already weakened and frankly this kind of move isn't going to matter very much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2850]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28651]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability -- so my hope is that the market will hold here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the most loyal player money can buy. (Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the most loyal player money can buy. (Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65038]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many hands make light work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many hands make light work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22606]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my opinion, it's faltering and hasn't picked up much momentum yet. Two million is just a drop in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35139]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, it's faltering and hasn't picked up much momentum yet. Two million is just a drop in the barrel in terms of what would be needed to have an impact and bring more attention to the city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10757]]></link><description><![CDATA[To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10757</guid></item></channel></rss>