<?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[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55143]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9108]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still.   And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,    Give it an understanding but no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are obviously delighted that we will be able to extend 'The Sopranos' series beyond its slated 12 episodes, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31561]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are obviously delighted that we will be able to extend 'The Sopranos' series beyond its slated 12 episodes, ... We are thrilled that David Chase (the show's creator) felt there are more stories to be told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19921]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59695]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The international community needs to continue to help and you can certainly count on the United States to continue to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The international community needs to continue to help and you can certainly count on the United States to continue to help as well,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This band goes so well with the other two and we wanted to give them as much as a chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38215]]></link><description><![CDATA[This band goes so well with the other two and we wanted to give them as much as a chance as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48553]]></link><description><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1454]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to optimize your health, begin noticing the frequency of any thoughts that support the idea of sickness as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64013]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to optimize your health, begin noticing the frequency of any thoughts that support the idea of sickness as something to be expected- then eliminate these thought frequencies from your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our voice got heard loud and clear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our voice got heard loud and clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. Itis for us to put ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. Itis for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price spike in the aftermath of Katrina. This is quite promising for the growth outlook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was tough, ... I didn't enjoy it all that much just because we struggled a lot as a team, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42590]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was tough, ... I didn't enjoy it all that much just because we struggled a lot as a team, but those years are gonna come here and there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game was closer than the score indicated.(after a 1-0 game) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game was closer than the score indicated.(after a 1-0 game)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62003]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to the pipe of Pan,    Stepped blithesomely with lover's pride     Across the fields to Anne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to our calculation, 30 percent is the maximum increase (if the economy is) to achieve 8.0 percent inflation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30901]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to our calculation, 30 percent is the maximum increase (if the economy is) to achieve 8.0 percent inflation and GDP (gross domestic product) growth of 5.4 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6356]]></link><description><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he has only half a brain, while outside, in the world, he is expected to be an ambassador for Christ, a lay transmitter of faith. Outside, he is to be informed and vocal; inside, he must appear ignorant and mute as a sheep. Christians have within them many questions -- questions that are at once elementary and profound, questions that would ripple the water were they raised. However, because a Christian is supposed to have "answers", life's important questions are not discussed outside the church building; and, because the pastor is the educated, spiritual authority, they are not discussed inside either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American snacks like muffins, cookies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29834]]></link><description><![CDATA[American snacks like muffins, cookies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still,  Which he may adhere to, yet disown, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61589]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still,  Which he may adhere to, yet disown,   For reasons to himself best known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43092]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now stir the fire, and close the shudders fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,  And while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now stir the fire, and close the shudders fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,  And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn   Throws up a steamy column, and the cups,    That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,     So let us welcome peaceful evening in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25637</guid></item></channel></rss>