<?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[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stir up the hornets. [Fr., Irriter les freslons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stir up the hornets. [Fr., Irriter les freslons.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7526]]></link><description><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30143]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the universe is by far their greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thursday come, and the week's gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thursday come, and the week's gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost one (on the road), and we could have lost this one if we didn't hold them on defense. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost one (on the road), and we could have lost this one if we didn't hold them on defense. We have to learn to win on the road a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a great time getting fat and now I'm going to have an even greater time losing weight. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a great time getting fat and now I'm going to have an even greater time losing weight. I had four offers from other companies, but I wanted to go with the ... one that I knew would work--and, let's face it, Jenny Craig's food is hands-down the yummiest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a municipal railroad that connects to BNSF and UP. We don't know if there are many railroads that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37363]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a municipal railroad that connects to BNSF and UP. We don't know if there are many railroads that provide this access.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremelywell, without attending to appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremelywell, without attending to appearance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162]]></link><description><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17694]]></link><description><![CDATA[God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got me interested in the sport. He really thought that I could be something special.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12469]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30150]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar   That gave the gods their wings.    . . . .     There throbs through all the worlds that are      This heart-beat not and strong,       And shaken systems, star by star,        Awake and glow in song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39415]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told,  Now shade--now bright and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told,  Now shade--now bright and sunny--   But of all the lunar things that change,    The one that shows most fickle and strange,     And takes the most eccentric range,      Is the moon--so called--of honey!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461   How wonderful it is -- is it not? -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461   How wonderful it is -- is it not? -- that literally only Christianity has taught us the true place and function of suffering. The Stoics tried the hopeless little game of denying its objective reality, or of declaring it a good in itself (which it never is); and the Pessimists attempted to revel in it, as a food to their melancholy, and as something that can no more be transformed than it can be avoided or explained. But Christ came, and He did not really explain it; He did far more: He met it, willed it, transformed it; and He taught us to do all this -- or, rather, He Himself does it within us, if we do not hinder the all-healing hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first wealth is health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first wealth is health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48035]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4297]]></link><description><![CDATA[We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26958]]></link><description><![CDATA[A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132</guid></item></channel></rss>