<?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[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23141]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're Fired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like our dawn, merely a sob of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52851]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9728]]></link><description><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61463]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes adversity impels a person to greater heights, and sometimes it provides the opportunity for that person to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes adversity impels a person to greater heights, and sometimes it provides the opportunity for that person to be a blessing in the lives of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9542]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4984]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you are doing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep are gane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, One of the flesh, and of the spirit one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59997]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27600]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the cock is silent. [Fr., C'est chose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the cock is silent. [Fr., C'est chose qui moult me deplaist,  Quand poule parle et coq se taist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink;  Water, water, everywhere,   Nor any drop to drink. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink;  Water, water, everywhere,   Nor any drop to drink.    The very deep did rot: O Christ!     That ever this should be!      Yes, slimy things did crawl with legs       Upon the slimy sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq took sovereign decisions like declaring war, suppressing a revolt or a civil mutiny,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41740]]></link><description><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ... Everything went smoothly for a Penn State football weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42501]]></link><description><![CDATA[My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand was sort of a blessing in disguise, because it allowed me to play four full years of baseball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long jesting was never good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long jesting was never good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle    Their clearer reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every Art it is good to have a master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49537]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every Art it is good to have a master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have the personnel. If we put our mind to it, play 'D' and do all the right things, play for each other, we shouldn't lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54251]]></link><description><![CDATA[It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault of love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise,  Sink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25609]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault of love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise,  Sink in the soft captivity together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16040</guid></item></channel></rss>