<?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[Read my little fable: He that runs may read.  Most can raise the flowers now,   For all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read my little fable: He that runs may read.  Most can raise the flowers now,   For all have got the seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66272]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I needed a spark in my life. You become closer to the Lord. The word becomes alive and real. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I needed a spark in my life. You become closer to the Lord. The word becomes alive and real. After the class, I felt God was talking to me and I knew my purpose was to bring his love to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36288]]></link><description><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a new concept in this state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39728]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a new concept in this state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4398]]></link><description><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,   Or all the toil is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its trust, not in the living God but in dying men. The unbeliever denies the selfsufficiency of God and usurps attributes that are not his. This dual sin dishonors God and ultimately destroys the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  It has mantled a world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights,  And I trow   The damsel, deftly shod,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights,  And I trow   The damsel, deftly shod,    Has dutifully trod     Until now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know how important this is to the individual and we're trying to work with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know how important this is to the individual and we're trying to work with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64997]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White Plume of Navarre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The White Plume of Navarre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and the SnakeOne winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and the SnakeOne winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. Oh, cried the Farmer with his last breath, I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel. The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you believe everything you read, better not read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51877]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you believe everything you read, better not read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! [Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! [Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45491]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen a lot of bright spots this season. But when we execute, we can beat anyone. We could push ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen a lot of bright spots this season. But when we execute, we can beat anyone. We could push the bunt down exactly where we wanted to, and this was just total execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38878]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of athlete, every type of blitz, every type of coverage. You've seen everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18534]]></link><description><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, perseverance, hard work and optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61561]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She shows the worst qualities of masochists. She is boastful, she tramples upon the rights of others ... and because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31115]]></link><description><![CDATA[She shows the worst qualities of masochists. She is boastful, she tramples upon the rights of others ... and because the majority of Filipinos are women, she is abusing the rights of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies;  I see the branches downward bent,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies;  I see the branches downward bent,   Like keys of some great instrument.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61534]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in one uniform. It's important for us to keep all our players in the right frame of mind, and it would be great if everyone felt good about everything for the whole year. But that's not the way the NBA season works. All I know is I talk to Paul and he tells me he wants to keep together and get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27222</guid></item></channel></rss>