<?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[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21605]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A couple of hours talking to travel agents can save you a lot of headaches down the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A couple of hours talking to travel agents can save you a lot of headaches down the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  February eight-and-twenty all alone,   And all the rest have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  February eight-and-twenty all alone,   And all the rest have thirty-one:    Unless that leap-year doth combine,     And give to February twenty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yet, despite its military defeat, the loss of its North American possessions, and the destruction of most of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35143]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yet, despite its military defeat, the loss of its North American possessions, and the destruction of most of its navy, France survived defeat and rapidly recovered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56815]]></link><description><![CDATA[You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31593]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is going down to the beach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57463]]></link><description><![CDATA[If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies? You praise the ones that grow today Here in the garden; had you seen the place  When Sutherland ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies? You praise the ones that grow today Here in the garden; had you seen the place  When Sutherland was living!   Here they grew,    From blue to deeper blue, in midst of each     A golden dazzle like a glimmering star,      Each broader, bigger than a silver crown;       While here the weaver sat, his labor done,        Watching his azure pets and rearing them,         Until they seem'd to know his step and touch,          And stir beneath his smile like living things:           The very sunshine loved them, and would lie            Here happy, coming early, lingering late,             Because they were so fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not the vice president's fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39560]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not the vice president's fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor consists in the power of self recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor consists in the power of self recovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't run around a guy that's 355 pounds. There's no key to getting around 'Mean' Max. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't run around a guy that's 355 pounds. There's no key to getting around 'Mean' Max.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ravishes all senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is the madness of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is the madness of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25897]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that and help the city keep growing in a positive way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  It is easy to criticise the many failings of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  It is easy to criticise the many failings of the Church; it is all too easy to criticise the lives of those who profess and call themselves Christians; but I should say that it is almost impossible to read the Gospels thoroughly with adult, serious attention and then dismiss the central Figure as a mere human prophet or a tragic idealist. The reaction to such a study may indeed prove to be conversion or open hostility, but it would at least mean the end of childish and ill-informed attacks upon what is supposed to be the Christian religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have a general idea of the numbers, but when we reach this point, it is important to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have a general idea of the numbers, but when we reach this point, it is important to have a precise idea of the numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and he conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their actions were morally ugly. After spending so much time among us, they stabbed us in the back, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their actions were morally ugly. After spending so much time among us, they stabbed us in the back,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit tanquam coda vituli.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the public, appear more genuinely apologetic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758</guid></item></channel></rss>