<?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[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone--flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun  From the day!   Gone, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gone--flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun  From the day!   Gone, and a cloud in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The promoter called and said, 'What should we do?' People were calling to say they were sure it was canceled, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The promoter called and said, 'What should we do?' People were calling to say they were sure it was canceled, but I thought that to have a public event that night would be a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I picked up the 'HTML Manual of Style,' and for inspiration I picked up Negroponte's 'Being Digital,' got on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I picked up the 'HTML Manual of Style,' and for inspiration I picked up Negroponte's 'Being Digital,' got on a plane, flew to the Bahamas and sat on a beach and read these books, ... And a week later, came home and started building the Web site myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,  Mildly and soft the western breeze   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58272]]></link><description><![CDATA[The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,  Mildly and soft the western breeze   Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,    And the pleased lake, like maiden coy,     Trembled but dimpled not for joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/472]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A basic principle in the interpretation of the Bible is that one must first ask what a given Scripture was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7629]]></link><description><![CDATA[A basic principle in the interpretation of the Bible is that one must first ask what a given Scripture was intended to mean to the people for whom it was originally written; only then is the interpreter free to ask what meaning it has for Christians today. Failure to ask this primary question and to investigate the historical setting of Scripture have prevented many Christians from coming to a correct understanding of some parts of the Bible. Nowhere is this more true than in respect to the last book in the Bible. Here, there has been a singular lack of appreciation for the historical background of the book; the book has been interpreted as if it were primarily written for the day in which the expositor lives (which is usually thought to be the end time), rather than in terms of what it meant to the first-century Christians of the Roman province of Asia for whom it was originally written. This has resulted in all sorts of grotesque and fantastic conclusions of which the author of the Revelation and its early recipients never would have dreamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O close my hand upon Beatitude! Not on her toys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4317]]></link><description><![CDATA[O close my hand upon Beatitude! Not on her toys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, to keep the political support going. We've gone to the Moon, we've stopped doing that; now commercial people are doing it. Who knows? Maybe we will get technology from other sources; something I have written about in my days of writing science fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52134]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/984]]></link><description><![CDATA[We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60028]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27166]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Brooks of Sheffield": "'Somebody's sharp.' 'Who is?'" asked the gentleman, laughing. I looked up quickly, being curious to know. "Only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43644]]></link><description><![CDATA["Brooks of Sheffield": "'Somebody's sharp.' 'Who is?'" asked the gentleman, laughing. I looked up quickly, being curious to know. "Only Brooks of Sheffield," said Mr. Murdstone. I was glad to find it was only Brooks of Sheffield; for at first I really thought that it was I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point ofdrowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water pluckeda leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Antclimbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortlyafterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laidhis lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant,perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain thebirdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dovetake wing.One good turn deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39440]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out and not play well. If we just come out each game and play our hardest, then we can stay in control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in a day of overdone distinctions, one might point out that interpretations are not properly to be classified as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in a day of overdone distinctions, one might point out that interpretations are not properly to be classified as historical or dogmatic, but as true or false. If they are false, it does not matter whether they be called dogmatic or historical; and if they are true, they may quite well be both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more likely to be brought in by the illegal movement of birds and bird products. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41839]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more likely to be brought in by the illegal movement of birds and bird products.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46365]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their longstanding relationships with businesses. Our study shows they are correct and provides insight into how today's farmer makes those decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29844]]></link><description><![CDATA[All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13903]]></link><description><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11415]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every monarch is subject to a mightier one. [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every monarch is subject to a mightier one. [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axle ratio, customers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30442]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axle ratio, customers can now travel at a cruising speed without sacrificing their fuel mileage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30442</guid></item></channel></rss>