<?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[Personally I believe it is important for mankind to respect nature - for homeostasis - and I have volunteered with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally I believe it is important for mankind to respect nature - for homeostasis - and I have volunteered with environmental organizations, I do not attempt to have an environmental leaning regarding my artwork.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds, not words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds, not words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21214]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seldom or never does a marriage develop into an individual relationshipsmoothly and without crisis. There is no birth of consciousness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seldom or never does a marriage develop into an individual relationshipsmoothly and without crisis. There is no birth of consciousness withoutpain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26597]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,  And wings it with sublime desires,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,  And wings it with sublime desires,   And fits it to bespeak the Deity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it will operate as designed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns  Of judgment and of mercy, should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48077]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns  Of judgment and of mercy, should beware   Of lightness in his speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little bit of vegetation is good but too much is not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33556]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little bit of vegetation is good but too much is not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This group is rich in talent and personality. They embody the spirit of Wake Forest field hockey and I look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37816]]></link><description><![CDATA[This group is rich in talent and personality. They embody the spirit of Wake Forest field hockey and I look forward to their contributions as student-athletes. I have faith in their ability to keep up the strong tradition of Wake Forest hockey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17460]]></link><description><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same thing is happening on the barrier islands, like Longboat Key and Anna Maria, when you have a red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same thing is happening on the barrier islands, like Longboat Key and Anna Maria, when you have a red tide in the area, ... But the data is not at a fine enough resolution to tease out the economic impact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are really getting it going towards the end of the season. I really think this week the team's chemistry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are really getting it going towards the end of the season. I really think this week the team's chemistry is great. They are really excited and are supporting each other going into the final stretch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41182]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palsied eld. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palsied eld. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year was a banner year. Digging probably won't be quite as good this year, but we'll still have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year was a banner year. Digging probably won't be quite as good this year, but we'll still have a lot of clams to harvest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't see any signs of anything being wrong. He was as gracious as ever in his closing comments to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't see any signs of anything being wrong. He was as gracious as ever in his closing comments to the crowd, and his speech was fine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61571]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had no reports which described him as a stud, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had no reports which described him as a stud,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For several years, people weren't quite sure what fantasy football was. But the NFL did a survey two years ago ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36060]]></link><description><![CDATA[For several years, people weren't quite sure what fantasy football was. But the NFL did a survey two years ago where they found out the people who play fantasy football actually are their season-ticket holders. So now we've turned a corner from, 'Is this gambling?' to the realization that, 'Hey, this a fun hobby played by a lot of our fans.' And for the most part, it's bragging rights -- not money -- that people are after in fantasy football.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26631]]></link><description><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin withdoubts, and are patient in them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin withdoubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25391]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd stay away. - The Psychoed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we must not. You will learn about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58742]]></link><description><![CDATA[You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14174]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare supra seipsum in spiritu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387</guid></item></channel></rss>