<?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[When children stand quiet, they have done some ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50069]]></link><description><![CDATA[When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's been an Angela Merkel -factor, as well as something more subtle happening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's been an Angela Merkel -factor, as well as something more subtle happening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gilbert West and his friend, Lord Lyttleton, both men of acknowledged talents, had imbibed the principles of infidelity from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gilbert West and his friend, Lord Lyttleton, both men of acknowledged talents, had imbibed the principles of infidelity from a superficial view of the Scriptures. Fully persuaded that the Bible was an imposture, they were determined to expose [it]. Mr. West chose the Resurrection of Christ, and Lord Lyttleton the conversion of St Paul, for the subject of hostile criticism. Both sat down to their respective tasks full of prejudice and a contempt for Christianity. The results of their separate endeavours was that they were both converted by their attempts to overthrow the truth of Christianity! They came together, not as they had expected, to exult over an imposture exposed to ridicule, but to lament their folly and congratulate each other on their joint conviction, that the Bible was the word of God. Their able enquiries have furnished two most valuable treatises in favour of revelation -- one, entitled "Observations on the Conversion of St Paul", and the other, "Observations on the Resurrection of Christ.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remedy is worse than the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remedy is worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47639]]></link><description><![CDATA[CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47504]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21879]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company was once an idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24727]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The fifth Puerto Rican to play in the NBA, Arroyo, 24, had an excused absence on the third day of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31051]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The fifth Puerto Rican to play in the NBA, Arroyo, 24, had an excused absence on the third day of training camp so he could attend a reception in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month held at the WhiteÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â House. The highlight came when President Bush thanked Arroyo for attending.] Honestly, ... I was sort of surprised he knew my name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Greece we give our shining blades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18285]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Greece we give our shining blades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5935]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a lot of homework, and I have some I need to do while I'm doing the play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a lot of homework, and I have some I need to do while I'm doing the play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is natural; to rectify error is glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60282]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is natural; to rectify error is glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail,  But sets up his rest and makes up his feast,   With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hate other people without hating your self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18836]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hate other people without hating your self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,   By that same token,    An' come to stop those reckless vows,     Would soon be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daffy-down-dilly came up in the cold, Through the brown mould  Although the March breeze blew keen on her face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daffy-down-dilly came up in the cold, Through the brown mould  Although the March breeze blew keen on her face,   Although the white snow lay in many a place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born to be wild - live to outgrow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear, She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear, She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drink boys, drink boys, Drive away your sorrow! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drink boys, drink boys, Drive away your sorrow!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47854]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24393]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42037]]></link><description><![CDATA[This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait or a moment, or you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait or a moment, or you'll lose your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56649]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56649</guid></item></channel></rss>