<?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[Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21682]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeperdown. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher.Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to findsupernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. Moretime and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think CVS is trying to defuse this by saying there was no financial risk, but I think there was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39574]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think CVS is trying to defuse this by saying there was no financial risk, but I think there was a very serious medical privacy concern,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual reality approaches as they are being developed for the computer gaming industry. Nonetheless, what we eventually want to do is to be able to walk into the forest and explore it in that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46124]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really had to make believers out of MPS to let them know that we're serious about what we've committed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really had to make believers out of MPS to let them know that we're serious about what we've committed to,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58409]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said, "He had divorced Pompeia because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a crime, but of the very suspicion of it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64308]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6535]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of legalism that the will of God must appear to it as a multiplicity of commandments. In actual fact, it is one and indivisible; God wants nothing else except love because He Himself is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost Divine in its infinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will always be your child's favorite toy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5942]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will always be your child's favorite toy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62552]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12495]]></link><description><![CDATA[But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In a manger for His bed: / Mary was that Mother mild, / Jesus Christ her little Child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27059]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better--it is just turning around as usual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better--it is just turning around as usual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64964]]></link><description><![CDATA[He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10379]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She wasn't expected to live the first week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34043]]></link><description><![CDATA[She wasn't expected to live the first week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do two things at once is to do neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18790]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do two things at once is to do neither.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder I work, the luckier I get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder I work, the luckier I get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12434]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3001]]></link><description><![CDATA[All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer,  Yet run himself life's mad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer,  Yet run himself life's mad career   Wild as the wave?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729</guid></item></channel></rss>