<?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 knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very idealistic when you're twenty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  Of course, it all depends upon what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  Of course, it all depends upon what we are praying for. If we are whimpering, and sniveling, and begging to be spared the discipline of life that is sent to knock some smatterings of manhood into us, the answer to that prayer may never come at all. Thank God! Though, indeed, it is not easy to say that, with honesty. Still, it may never come at all, thank God. But if you have attained as far as Epictetus--pagan though you would call him--whose daily prayer was this: "O God, give me what Thou desirest for me, for I know that what Thou choosest for me is far better than I could choose"; if you are not bleating to get off, but asking to be given grace and strength to see this through with honour, "the very day" you pray that prayer, the answer always comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think he was feeling 100 percent, but with Andy Pettitte, he's got the mental wherewithal to overcome any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think he was feeling 100 percent, but with Andy Pettitte, he's got the mental wherewithal to overcome any type of tenderness and soreness with brainpower,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us have not much time to lose [to begin loving]. Remember, once more, that this is a matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us have not much time to lose [to begin loving]. Remember, once more, that this is a matter of life and death. I cannot help speaking urgently, for myself, for yourselves. "Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." That is to say, it is the deliberate verdict of the Lord Jesus that it is better not to have lived than not to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower  That scorns the eye of vulgar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower  That scorns the eye of vulgar light,   Begins to bloom for sons of night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd rather have an empty apartment than a bad tenant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And solid pudding against empty praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13248]]></link><description><![CDATA[And solid pudding against empty praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47948]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42759]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17725]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream, you got your head in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream, you got your head in the clouds you're not at all what you seem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. -King Henry VI. Part III. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55991]]></link><description><![CDATA[And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40292]]></link><description><![CDATA[here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always be in love. This is the reason why one should never marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25903]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always be in love. This is the reason why one should never marry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know if it would be feasible for the bonding company to take over (Smith & Johnson). There may not be any employee infrastructure to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31696]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43874]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bearing His cross, while Christ passed forth forlorn, His God-like forehead by the mock crown torn,  A little bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bearing His cross, while Christ passed forth forlorn, His God-like forehead by the mock crown torn,  A little bird took from that crown one thorn.   To soothe the dear Redeemer's throbbing head,    That bird did what she could; His blood, 'tis said,     Down dropping, dyed her tender bosom red.      Since then no wanton boy disturbs her nest;       Weasel nor wild cat will her young molest;        All sacred deem the bird of ruddy breast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61370]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm staying in shape. You never know what can happen. Right now it looks like I might play in Europe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37270]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm staying in shape. You never know what can happen. Right now it looks like I might play in Europe if I don't make the practice squad,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1907]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âit's that the area experiencing intense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30385]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âit's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37760]]></link><description><![CDATA[People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they're told they don't have any rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take your work seriously, but never yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take your work seriously, but never yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not absence death to those who love? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not absence death to those who love?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20308]]></link><description><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point we just don't know how these drugs might affect immunity, so we really need to clarify the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35671]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point we just don't know how these drugs might affect immunity, so we really need to clarify the normal role of serotonin in immune cell functioning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49169]]></link><description><![CDATA[By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that is a master must serve (another). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that is a master must serve (another).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11194]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19730</guid></item></channel></rss>