<?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[The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to overcome it by means of natural association or emotional or spiritual union. There is no way from one person to another. However loving and sympathetic we try to be, however sound our psychology however frank and open our behaviour we cannot penetrate the incognito of the other man, for there are no direct relationships, not even between soul and soul. Christ stands between us, and we can only get into touch with our neighbors through Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. [Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the Governor's Mansion, they really have to put up a Jim Edgar-type candidate, a moderate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942  There is no longer any room in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942  There is no longer any room in the world for a merely external form of Christianity, based upon custom. The world is entering upon a period of catastrophe and crisis when we are being forced to take sides, and in which a higher and more intense spiritual life will be demanded of Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43256]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet we scored our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12883]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19317]]></link><description><![CDATA[All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42273]]></link><description><![CDATA[His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get world peace through inner peace. If you've got a world of people who have inner peace, then you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63204]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get world peace through inner peace. If you've got a world of people who have inner peace, then you have a peaceful world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach a bed may show   Of human bliss to human woe.    [Fr., Theatre des ris et des pleurs     Lit! ou je nais, et ou je meurs,      Tu nous fais voir comment voisins       Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with these kitties is that they had been in cages for so long, we recommended the foster person to let them run and play. Both of the cats ran for two days straight. They were so active; they were a ball of energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go West, young man! Go West. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go West, young man! Go West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47398]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual freedom mute,    . . . .     Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,      Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who lies for you will lie against you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who lies for you will lie against you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2428]]></link><description><![CDATA[They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the ivorytowers of Harvardare the catacombsin which a hundredthousand mice are caged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the ivorytowers of Harvardare the catacombsin which a hundredthousand mice are caged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moment of silence is not inherently religious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64114]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moment of silence is not inherently religious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I!  Freely welcome to my cup,   Could'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I!  Freely welcome to my cup,   Could'st thou sip and sip it up;    Make the most of life you may;     Life is short and wears away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2643]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you give money, spend yourself with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5737]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you give money, spend yourself with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65102]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1704]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved, Where still so much is said;  One half will never be believed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved, Where still so much is said;  One half will never be believed,   The other never read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you picture my prophecy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you picture my prophecy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51178</guid></item></channel></rss>