<?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[Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mountain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true way to be humble is not to stoop till thou art smaller than thyself, but to stand at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true way to be humble is not to stoop till thou art smaller than thyself, but to stand at thy real height against some higher nature that will show thee what the real smallness of thy greatness is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It is of no use to say that Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It is of no use to say that Christ, as exhibited in the Gospels, is not historical, and that we know not how much of what is admirable has been super-added by the tradition of his followers. Who among his disciples or among their proselytes was capable of inventing the sayings of Jesus or of imagining the life and character revealed in the Gospels? Certainly not the fishermen of Galilee; as certainly not St. Paul, whose character and idiosyncrasies were of a totally different sort; still less the early Christian writers, in whom nothing is more evident than that the good which was in them was all derived, as they always professed that it was derived, from the higher source.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood--sex and the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart and your heart tells you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62962]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart and your heart tells you what you're going to do anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27163]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What Men Want: Tickets for the world series.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played good enough to win. I liked how we responded. We just have to do a better job in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38023]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played good enough to win. I liked how we responded. We just have to do a better job in each phase of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29578]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17948]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's rare to have someone like him, someone who can keep moving. We didn't have to blitz a lot, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's rare to have someone like him, someone who can keep moving. We didn't have to blitz a lot, just used a three-man line with eight defensive backs sometimes to get pressure. It didn't matter who we were playing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the peace process should soon be back on track, hopefully with everyone involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41539]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the peace process should soon be back on track, hopefully with everyone involved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll answer  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51898]]></link><description><![CDATA[This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll answer  With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,   Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date they have very little ammunition to combat and defend against these threats that are easy to use and cost effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we're trying to keep pace (with Montreal) so much as we're trying to win as many games ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we're trying to keep pace (with Montreal) so much as we're trying to win as many games as possible before we finish the season,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32692]]></link><description><![CDATA[I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and purity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and purity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11938]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53258]]></link><description><![CDATA[In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three, four years ago, I could buy as many lots as I wanted for $4,000 a lot. Now I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three, four years ago, I could buy as many lots as I wanted for $4,000 a lot. Now I have people laughing at me when I offer them $30,000.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24634]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was trying to show him certain parts of a piece of paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:  Lays the rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:  Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,   And opens in each heart a little Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52620]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future, ... Instead the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will not reduce America's dependence on oil and it will not create a cleaner energy future, ... Instead the bill allows big oil companies to pollute water supplies, plunder the Treasury and attack our coastlines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4496]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6095</guid></item></channel></rss>