<?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[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65186]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is like the telephone problem--no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34572]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is like the telephone problem--no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61258]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life,  But never taint my love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life,  But never taint my love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44913]]></link><description><![CDATA[An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran is striving to take a dominant position in the region, and its nuclear program is the most suitable means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iran is striving to take a dominant position in the region, and its nuclear program is the most suitable means of achieving this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The official spokesperson is the most anonymous source of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The official spokesperson is the most anonymous source of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that a new threat against a member of the PP has appeared. We will reinforce all security measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29321]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that a new threat against a member of the PP has appeared. We will reinforce all security measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I took the wren's nest;-- Heaven forgive me!  Its merry architects so small   Had scarcely finished their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I took the wren's nest;-- Heaven forgive me!  Its merry architects so small   Had scarcely finished their wee hall,    That empty still, and nest and fair,     Hung idly in the summer air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45135]]></link><description><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in art is but a copy of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in art is but a copy of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love my kids, but I wouldn't want them for friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51155]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give this heavy weight from off my head And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,  The pride of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give this heavy weight from off my head And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,  The pride of kingly sway from out my heart.   With mine own tears I wash away my balm,    With mine own hands I give away my crown,     With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,      With mine own breath release all duty's rites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10338]]></link><description><![CDATA["I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19929]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34207]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   To smatter French is meritorious.   - Samuel Butler (1),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121</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[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34216]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand and, certainly, Canada,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I believe by the end of the season we'll be a pretty good team. To finish in the top half at this tournament is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man perfect to the finger tips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50179]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man perfect to the finger tips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our view, these proceedings could drag on for many quarters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32038]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our view, these proceedings could drag on for many quarters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39493]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11382]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: so the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11382</guid></item></channel></rss>