<?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[Just remember, ... my grandstand's bigger than your grandstand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just remember, ... my grandstand's bigger than your grandstand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their clubs into shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"--"Is it possible?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52024]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  We may search so far, and reason so long of faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  We may search so far, and reason so long of faith and grace, as that we may lose not only them, but even our reason too, and sooner become mad than good. Not that we are bound to believe any thing against reason, that is, to believe, we know not why. It is but a slack opinion, it is not Belief, that is not grounded upon Reason. It is true, we have not a Demonstration; not such an Evidence as that one and two are three, to prove these to be Scriptures of God; God hath not proceeded in that manner, to drive our reason into a pound, and to force it by a peremptory necessity to accept these for Scriptures, for then, here had been no exercise of our Will, and our assent, if we could not have resisted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine words dresse ill deedes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine words dresse ill deedes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kept telling me, 'You are a liar,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41273]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kept telling me, 'You are a liar,']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You can't fake it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree presumed to trace,   Or challenged the prerogative of place?    [Lat., Primus Adam duro cum vertet arva ligone,     Pensaque de vili deceret Eva colo:      Ecquis in hoc poterat vir nobilis orbe videri?       Et modo quisquam alios ante locandue erir?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28720]]></link><description><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own. [Fr., Les abeilles pillotent deca dela les fleurs; mais elles en font aprez le miel, qui est tout leur; ce n'est plus thym, ny marjolaine: ainsi les pieces empruntees d'aultruy, il les transformera et confondra pour en faire un ouvrage tout sien.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3085]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is heavily endorsed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is heavily endorsed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428]]></link><description><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63100]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29564]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is the perfection of a point of view ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is the perfection of a point of view]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use my toughness now to make sure guys are held accountable on the other team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The purpose of the covenant, in the Hebrew Bible and some subsequent writings, was never simply that the creator wanted to have Israel as a special people, irrespective of the fate of the rest of the world. The purpose of the covenant was that, through this means, the creator would address and save his entire world. The call of Abraham was designed to undo the sin of Adam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33472]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, which accounts for as much as a quarter of the Democratic-primary total. So he is courting the party's most loyal voters at every opportunity. At a time when there is little federal money to spread around, Gore has championed the Administration's empowerment-zone program, which pours millions of dollars into depressed areas like inner Detroit. During the fall campaign, he visited black churches on Sundays with a rousing sermon that an aide described as] very un-Al Gore, ... The Vice President will not have any problem connecting with ethnic minorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others that are still in Louisiana. They are still trying to get pets out of the city. Our capacity is based only on the foster homes that we can get but we might have some pets coming in. That is a possibility. The need is still there. Most rescue groups get broadcast messages on animal in distress and pet finders and they are still trying to find homes for these pets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught alesson and then given a test. In life, you're given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught alesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teachesyou a lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41190]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19270</guid></item></channel></rss>