<?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[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has always been a mixed bag, being the spouse of a political figure. Just as it is true that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30994]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has always been a mixed bag, being the spouse of a political figure. Just as it is true that you and your family life come second, you also get great privilege and access to power, and power just on your own. They've known that, and we've known that, and that's a reason they haven't complained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's unlimited untapped potential for IBM, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34616]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's unlimited untapped potential for IBM,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46589]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21923]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in these secret stealth campaigns that are attacking Democrats and attacking the vice president right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou played well. He started one game last year, but this was his real varsity debut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lou played well. He started one game last year, but this was his real varsity debut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked about having more energy and we started off fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29049]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked about having more energy and we started off fast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer's market is worth more thaneverything I've written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15170]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer's market is worth more thaneverything I've written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   We must not be unjust and require from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the occasional division by zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the occasional division by zero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50793]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well-adjusted make poor prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well-adjusted make poor prophets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26174]]></link><description><![CDATA[No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great unity which true science seeks is found only by beginning with our knowledge of God, and coming down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great unity which true science seeks is found only by beginning with our knowledge of God, and coming down from Him along the stream of causation to every fact and event that affects us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church has failed to follow her appointed pathway of separation, holiness, heavenliness and testimony to an absent but coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church has failed to follow her appointed pathway of separation, holiness, heavenliness and testimony to an absent but coming Christ; she has turned aside from that purpose to the work of civilizing the world, building magnificent temples, and acquiring earthly power and wealth, and, in this way, has ceased to follow in the footsteps of Him who had not where to lay His head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65729]]></link><description><![CDATA[A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With sleep-compelling croon;    Yet though I'm filled with music,     As choirs of summer birds,      "I cannot sing the old songs"--       I do not know the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45638]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54594]]></link><description><![CDATA[See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49258]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a great hitting ball club. Benton did an exceptional job for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die. [Fr., Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die. [Fr., Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65379]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are sisters. We will always be sisters.Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56479]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are sisters. We will always be sisters.Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  You credit anything the light gives life to   Before a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883   There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883   There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot from that situation create something that is surpassingly good. He did it at the creation. He did it at the cross. He is doing it today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42411]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. -John Churton Collins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16931]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. -John Churton Collins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16931</guid></item></channel></rss>