<?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[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can and you can't,--You shall and you shan't--You will and you won't--And you will be damned if you do--And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12632]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can and you can't,--You shall and you shan't--You will and you won't--And you will be damned if you do--And you will be damned if you don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy,a million deaths is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11385]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy,a million deaths is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50068]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of voites are thrown out in election after election in this country. Now that's a story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Millions of voites are thrown out in election after election in this country. Now that's a story.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3501]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia . . . they seemed to be written in sunbeams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watch news programs and I love Comedy Central. I love The Daily Show-it's smarter than anything else. I also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watch news programs and I love Comedy Central. I love The Daily Show-it's smarter than anything else. I also like The Critic and Celebrity Death Match and South Park. I love all of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would have the kernel must crack the shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50868]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Page regrets having uttered an obscenity in open court. Sixty days to serve in jail is disproportionately severe relative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Page regrets having uttered an obscenity in open court. Sixty days to serve in jail is disproportionately severe relative to the transgression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3474]]></link><description><![CDATA[An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7087]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the sole reason of finally becoming superfluous. Of heaven St. John the Divine said, "I saw no temple therein.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least--he'll be the least disappointing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least--he'll be the least disappointing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38052]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able to avoid it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53428]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65144]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do that all the time, and it's not just something I'm making up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do that all the time, and it's not just something I'm making up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within whose circuit is Elysium And all that poets feign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55990]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within whose circuit is Elysium And all that poets feign of bliss and joy! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a driver, it's fantastic. To come back into the American Le Mans Series with the BMW M3 is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30215]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a driver, it's fantastic. To come back into the American Le Mans Series with the BMW M3 is the best thing you can do in racing. I had so much success with Tom and PTG. Then to reincarnate that relationship with Yokohama is a tremendous positive. This thing is going to be a winning program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By any measure, 2000 was a great year for Blockbuster, ... Building on the strength of 2000, we remain confident ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38633]]></link><description><![CDATA[By any measure, 2000 was a great year for Blockbuster, ... Building on the strength of 2000, we remain confident that we can continue generating solid cash earnings growth in 2001 and beyond, led by continued success in our retail store business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour,  And the moon rose over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour,  And the moon rose over the city,   Behind the dark church tower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9995]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Dr. [John A. T.] Robinson is right in saying that "God is teaching us that we must live as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6866]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Dr. [John A. T.] Robinson is right in saying that "God is teaching us that we must live as men who can get on very well without him", then the Church has no need to say anything whatever to secularized man for that is precisely what secularized man already believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that we can steer it sufficiently to sample another region of the crater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32594]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that we can steer it sufficiently to sample another region of the crater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11035]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   And the ground beneath them trembles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For us it's about family. It affects my family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us it's about family. It affects my family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41507]]></link><description><![CDATA[My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17715]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34310</guid></item></channel></rss>