<?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[Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for preventing obesity and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34098]]></link><description><![CDATA[These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for preventing obesity and the diseases associated with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, atfifteen your double, and after that, your friend or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, atfifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending onhis bringing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23437]]></link><description><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57689]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We found that producers who had planted Bt corn that controls European corn borer in 2003 were significantly more likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32138]]></link><description><![CDATA[We found that producers who had planted Bt corn that controls European corn borer in 2003 were significantly more likely to plant corn rootworm corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56788]]></link><description><![CDATA[When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which alone is to be considered as real, whereas the world of nature which we perceive is merely its cheap Woolworth copy, is a flight into delusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools;  Yet now and then your men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16177]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools;  Yet now and then your men of wit   Will condescend to take a bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Satanic school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Satanic school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle" "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35109]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the hills and far away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was instrumental in saving as many ash trees as he could, and just a terrific guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33955]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was instrumental in saving as many ash trees as he could, and just a terrific guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty has charms that our mind can hardly withstand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty has charms that our mind can hardly withstand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good time of year. Legislation is at the forefront of people's minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39507]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good time of year. Legislation is at the forefront of people's minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn,   Appoint appearance and return?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. •Muhammad Ali  Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same. •Unknown  Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold. •Anonymous   My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still. •Anonymous   Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. [Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20402]]></link><description><![CDATA[In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. [Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To gaine teacheth how to spend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50004]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gaine teacheth how to spend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has left Pakistan feeling exposed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left over for the others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse,  Not more distinct from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse,  Not more distinct from harmony divine   The constant creaking of a country sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never let a rhinestone go unturned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never let a rhinestone go unturned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[go into harm's way, and they do this as volunteers. ... The safety of our employees is paramount, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37579]]></link><description><![CDATA[go into harm's way, and they do this as volunteers. ... The safety of our employees is paramount, and we make sure our personnel are provided with the latest intelligence and kept abreast of geopolitical situations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38204]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21633]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the more I enter the more I find, and the more I find the more I seek. The soul cannot be satiated in your abyss, for she continually hungers after you, the eternal Trinity, desiring to see you with the light of your light. As the hart desires the springs of living water, so my soul desires to leave the prison of this dark body and see you in truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where every day is not the Lord's, the Sunday is his least of all. There may be a sickening unreality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where every day is not the Lord's, the Sunday is his least of all. There may be a sickening unreality even where there is no conscious hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fact, by going to New York City we are going home because one out of every four city residents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fact, by going to New York City we are going home because one out of every four city residents is a Latino.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136]]></link><description><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[30,000 baby chicks were sent through a San Diego factory farm chipper by workers too tired to continue individual strangling.That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/259]]></link><description><![CDATA[30,000 baby chicks were sent through a San Diego factory farm chipper by workers too tired to continue individual strangling.That made the chipper a chicker.. while the little drum with swirling knives into which some factories drop baby chicks is called an eviscerator.. and what is the namefor those tiny mouse sized guillotines Purina as owner of the magazine Lab Animal advertised for decapitationof captive expendable lab animals?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383</guid></item></channel></rss>