<?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[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52844]]></link><description><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tacticalmisrepresentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21770]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tacticalmisrepresentation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66347]]></link><description><![CDATA[That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who had been brought up within one or other of the great pre-Christian religious systems and who had staunchly defended their own inherited traditions against the innovation of the Christian outlook; whereas any apologetic that is to be effective in this country today must be addressed to men who stand within the inheritance of the Christian tradition and know nothing, save by hearsay, of any other, but who have now in varying degrees disengaged themselves from this tradition and whose quarrel with Christianity is therefore undertaken from the point of view either of no religion at all or of some very vague and tenuous residuum of Christian religiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, heavy brows." Then they would all get embarrassed because they remembered they had the big hunky brows too, and they'd get mad and eat the snowman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54595]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2435]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England! -King Henry V. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55969]]></link><description><![CDATA[An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England! -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 8.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one nature--the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13897]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one nature--the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a goal of ours all season to get back to that state championship. We've all been so focused ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40060]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a goal of ours all season to get back to that state championship. We've all been so focused on that goal, and we're working as hard as we can to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57233]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21983]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28479]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed  Incessantly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed  Incessantly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the end that crowns us, not the fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13782]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965]]></link><description><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee Hal, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It's very romantic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need models rather than critics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children need models rather than critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That will be the third time we'll have bowled each other this week. We're in the same league Monday and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37698]]></link><description><![CDATA[That will be the third time we'll have bowled each other this week. We're in the same league Monday and Wednesday nights and, oddly, our teams were scheduled against each other both nights. He kicked our butts Monday night, so I'll have to try to get him back. But he's a great bowler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15909]]></link><description><![CDATA[More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that the worst of the economy may be behind us, ... However, there's not enough evidence of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,  Dream, and so dream all night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,  Dream, and so dream all night without a stir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14922]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief  Perhaps to thousands, and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47809]]></link><description><![CDATA[He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief  Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52430]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be working backwards, the sicker you are, the more trouble you have paying bills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181]]></link><description><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56274</guid></item></channel></rss>