<?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[Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tall oaks from little acorns grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tall oaks from little acorns grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing to do. ... We're hopeful now that it's public that chapter is behind us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36859]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65980</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[What a fine man Hath your tailor made you! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58566]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a fine man Hath your tailor made you!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. When you could keep them out of their chairs, that's when you knew you won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fop? In this brave, licentious age To bring his musty morals on the stage?  Rhime us to reason? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fop? In this brave, licentious age To bring his musty morals on the stage?  Rhime us to reason? and our lives redress   In metre, as Druids did the savages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39240]]></link><description><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20203]]></link><description><![CDATA[His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35522]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62680]]></link><description><![CDATA[... And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if you're going to go for the Angel bullshit you might as well go for the Zombie package as well..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51412]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54593]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say "mew;"  Nae birdie maun whistle, nae lambie maun play,   An' Phoebus himsel' could na travel that day,    As he'd find a new Joshua in Andie Agnew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have informed Sam I am taking up the option on the second year of his contract. There is still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have informed Sam I am taking up the option on the second year of his contract. There is still a big room for improvement, but he has pace, he has confidence and he will definitely be an asset to the club.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is. . -C.G. Jung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to be known as the 'Intelligent Design University,' ... We don't think this is science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to be known as the 'Intelligent Design University,' ... We don't think this is science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but thy good spirits   To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?    No, let the candied tongue like absurd pomp,     And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee      Where thrift may follow fawning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who laughs, lasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20109]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who laughs, lasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59015]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the second quarter and they didn't have an answer for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blessed London raid was a slap in the face of the arrogant, crusader British rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blessed London raid was a slap in the face of the arrogant, crusader British rulers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes,  The burnished sunbeams brightening   From flower to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20047]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes,  The burnished sunbeams brightening   From flower to flower he flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  Is a mediator between the eternal spirit and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  Is a mediator between the eternal spirit and the finite an unreality, an intrusion? The mystic soul may impatiently think so, but the moral soul finds such mediation the way to reality; and the mystic experience is not quite trustworthy about reality. The pagan gods had no mediators, because they were not real or good gods; but the living God has a living Revealer. To know the living God is to know Christ; to know Christ is to know the living God. We do not know God by Christ but in Him. We find God when we find Christ; and in Christ alone we know and share his final purpose. Our last knowledge is not the contact of our person with a thing or a thought; it is intercourse of person and person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a priority for me that the fan experience be optimal, ... One of the things I've found traveling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a priority for me that the fan experience be optimal, ... One of the things I've found traveling with the team to different cities is that we do give a good experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internet is a great way to get on the net. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internet is a great way to get on the net.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54279]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65679]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us from catching the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dare to be honest and fear no labor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5212]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44181]]></link><description><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't become political, ... I was born political. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31822]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't become political, ... I was born political.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51646]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to be responsible in our management of the Greenway. Everybody wants to save every tree possible, and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40584]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to be responsible in our management of the Greenway. Everybody wants to save every tree possible, and so do I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40584</guid></item></channel></rss>