<?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[Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12658]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,   And curs of low degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50784]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the Past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present; it is thine. Go forth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the Past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear and with a manly heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16559]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16986]]></link><description><![CDATA[My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4260]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. -Henri Bergson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. -Henri Bergson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am very pleased with today's wave of signings. Salim and Jacobi will add strength and speed to the defense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am very pleased with today's wave of signings. Salim and Jacobi will add strength and speed to the defense for 2006; Drew and Oral will add some flair and character to our attacking abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass. [Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62335]]></link><description><![CDATA[My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass. [Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!   What man can look on Death unterrified?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will. -Ingrid Bengis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our concepts for the Hilton are innovative and will be trend-setting in the hospitality industry. We look forward to providing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our concepts for the Hilton are innovative and will be trend-setting in the hospitality industry. We look forward to providing the Hilton property with a unique and recognizable uniform program that will truly set them apart in an increasingly competitive industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10306]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just feel like it's helping children in the community and families, ... I enjoy doing the work. I like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just feel like it's helping children in the community and families, ... I enjoy doing the work. I like to kind of still use my brain instead of just running around with the kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God... I prejudice not an external test and call, which was at first and shall be again in force at the resurrection of the churches, ... but in the present state of things I cannot but be humbly bold to say that I know no other true sender but the most Holy Spirit. And when He sends, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to do what you gotta do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11625]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banner advertising for us is extremely important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Banner advertising for us is extremely important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And took for truth the test of ridicule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54224]]></link><description><![CDATA[And took for truth the test of ridicule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37718]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her voice changed like a bird's: There grew more of the music, and less of the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her voice changed like a bird's: There grew more of the music, and less of the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is they knocked them down in the fourth quarter when they needed to. We've executed our offense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is they knocked them down in the fourth quarter when they needed to. We've executed our offense pretty well the last couple ballgames. We executed well on both ends of the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37997]]></link><description><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began serving as coordinator in 2000, and Emma's essay was one of the best I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3617]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call myself a 'domestic goddess.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call myself a 'domestic goddess.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power tires only those who do not have it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power tires only those who do not have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24283]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated into the mysteries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of thy presence and no land beside. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of thy presence and no land beside. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why we brought LaMont Jordan here, to run the ball. When they were focusing on the run, they weren't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32170]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we brought LaMont Jordan here, to run the ball. When they were focusing on the run, they weren't focusing on me and I could get open. That's how it's supposed to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44828</guid></item></channel></rss>