<?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[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,    And we are not told whose gift was gold,     Or whose was the gift of myrrh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21897]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41182]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19393]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19393</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[Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is theend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is theend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fewer facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fewer facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46631]]></link><description><![CDATA[To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15801]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We . . . are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23059]]></link><description><![CDATA[We . . . are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59086]]></link><description><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55198]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that and then all of a sudden you don't have him, it means you have to adjust. We're having trouble adjusting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parliamentary polls will kick-start the democratic process in Chechnya, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parliamentary polls will kick-start the democratic process in Chechnya,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no basis for any rumors that Steve Case is leaving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34292]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no basis for any rumors that Steve Case is leaving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3410]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To show the world what long experience gains, Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;  But at life's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14674]]></link><description><![CDATA[To show the world what long experience gains, Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;  But at life's outset to inform mankind   Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession, another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58563]]></link><description><![CDATA[One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession, another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had their business at their fingers' ends.   - William Hazlitt,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5557]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -James Hillman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the eye of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the eye of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55432]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those are legal. The 9/11 (terrorist attack) was not about box cutters, it was about (pilot) doors people could open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28914]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be another Alex Rodriguez or better than him. This kid is coming up from Double-A. What he's doing is amazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, till it goes with us into every place, sits uppermost on every occasion, and forms and governs our hopes and fears, our cares and pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5879]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all. I did movie star impressions as a kid in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all. I did movie star impressions as a kid in high school. Somehow they just got out of hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40672]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40672</guid></item></channel></rss>