<?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[If German citizens, for example, who are vacationing in France, get robbed there, they can -- together with German courts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35205]]></link><description><![CDATA[If German citizens, for example, who are vacationing in France, get robbed there, they can -- together with German courts -- apply for compensation from the French authorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36749]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my stature. It may well be that many East European Jews are descended from Khazars, I may be one of them. Who knows? And who cares?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11389]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Master, master, old news! And such news as you never heard of! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Master, master, old news! And such news as you never heard of!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50373]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60643]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could not tell you how many people are assigned (to work) in that area. (But) if one of them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31856]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could not tell you how many people are assigned (to work) in that area. (But) if one of them has (the information) and carries it back to his living area, it could be accessible to several hundred inmates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who could tell such a story with dry eyes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53180</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[First things first, second things never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3950]]></link><description><![CDATA[First things first, second things never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It needs to be solved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It needs to be solved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a window of opportunity for those two kids and they need to jump on it and go get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All (three species) were able to be found in one place, proving that evolution is a fact. Successive records that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30085]]></link><description><![CDATA[All (three species) were able to be found in one place, proving that evolution is a fact. Successive records that we see here prove that the Afar region is the origin of human kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. thanks to Alan Bennett -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36233]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to the considerations',]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The light of other days is faded, And all their glories past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The light of other days is faded, And all their glories past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19343]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680]]></link><description><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you haven't taken that next step, self doubt can take over. But the kids showed a lot of heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37394]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you haven't taken that next step, self doubt can take over. But the kids showed a lot of heart and composure. I'm really proud of this group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20751]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,  Cum facias pejora senex?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20918]]></link><description><![CDATA[No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant. [Lat., Justum et tenacem propositi virum  Non civium ardor prava jubentium,   Non vultus instantis tyranni,    Mente quatit solida.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38400]]></link><description><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3053]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of history was small; first and foremost, the slaughter was meant as an offering to the gods, to king and country, or the future happiness of mankind. The crimes of Caligula shrink to insignificance compared to the havoc wrought by Torquemada. The number of victims of robbers, highwaymen, rapists, gangsters and other criminals at any period of history is negligible compared to the massive numbers of those cheerfully slain in the name of the true religion, just policy, or correct ideology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29251]]></link><description><![CDATA[In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1873]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1873</guid></item></channel></rss>