<?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[Only the mediocre are always at their best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That does not make us, or our clients, very happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37713]]></link><description><![CDATA[That does not make us, or our clients, very happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know truly is to know by causes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52383]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know truly is to know by causes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No life Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife  And all life not be purer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20867]]></link><description><![CDATA[No life Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife  And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out,  As if they feared the light:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out,  As if they feared the light:   But oh! she dances such a way!    No sun upon an Easter day     Is half so fine a sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial. [Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial. [Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man I am, cross'd with adversity. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man I am, cross'd with adversity. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47098]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are actually people there starting to try to rebuild and they need as much support as they can get, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are actually people there starting to try to rebuild and they need as much support as they can get, ... We wanted to go where there are smaller towns that were hit hard and are depending on church groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing again, with your dear voice revealing A tone  Of some world far from ours,   Where music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing again, with your dear voice revealing A tone  Of some world far from ours,   Where music and moonlight and feeling    Are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29338]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olympian bards who sung Divine ideas below,  Which always find us young   And always keep us so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Olympian bards who sung Divine ideas below,  Which always find us young   And always keep us so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48172]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on a show for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63720]]></link><description><![CDATA[A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile; it the second best thing one can do with one's lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile; it the second best thing one can do with one's lips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39617]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people to come out and participate as a way to help reduce the stress everyone has been feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the hornet hangs in the holly hock, And the brown bee drones i' the rose,  And the west ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the hornet hangs in the holly hock, And the brown bee drones i' the rose,  And the west is a red-streaked four-o'clock,   And summer is near its close--    It's--Oh, for the gate, and the locust lane;     And dusk, and dew, and home again!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been  Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been  Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne   And fall of many kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41122]]></link><description><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy hada life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   My senses with the sight of her I love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that I were a mockery king of snow, Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke  To melt myself away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56719]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that I were a mockery king of snow, Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke  To melt myself away in water drops!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2876]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unwavering obedience to the true principals we learn will assure us spiritual survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unwavering obedience to the true principals we learn will assure us spiritual survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   For all the vigour of his polemic, St. Paul does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   For all the vigour of his polemic, St. Paul does not content himself with the denunciation of error, but finds the best defense against its insidious approaches in a closer adherence to the love of God and faith in Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age, like distance lends a double charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age, like distance lends a double charm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15767]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15306]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15306</guid></item></channel></rss>