<?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[Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our confidence isn't as good as it was in the beginning, but we're getting there. This win will help a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our confidence isn't as good as it was in the beginning, but we're getting there. This win will help a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, winged   From the spongy south to this part of the west,    There vanished in the sunbeams; which portends,     Unless my sins abuse my divination,      Success to th' Roman host.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6051]]></link><description><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65329]]></link><description><![CDATA[We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say to be a leader, not a follower. I say that a follower of Jesus is the most notable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53773]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say to be a leader, not a follower. I say that a follower of Jesus is the most notable position one could hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of "taking chances" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full of victims or enemies. It's no wonder Waltraud Wagner, the Austrian Angel of Death, convinced her friends to kill with her.It just seems natural. You and me against the world...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until youwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until youwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/782]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round;  But round himself, all tender like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5150]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round;  But round himself, all tender like gold,   The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the stick, ... You push the stick down and the plane doesn't go down right away, so you push it down more, and then it really starts to fall. The same thing happens in monetary policy if you have gradualism in interest rates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47535]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they could forget for a moment the correggiosity of Correggio and the learned babble of the sale-room and varnishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45414]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they could forget for a moment the correggiosity of Correggio and the learned babble of the sale-room and varnishing Auctioneer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56339]]></link><description><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13211]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34184]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice when my brother joined the band. It seemed like things really clicked and came together with him on bass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger,  A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary,  Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary,  Safe to its home in Thy presence above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She has a graduate degree and a very serious lifelong interest in early childhood development.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43898]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the mother of all credit expansions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373   A man's personality actuates and quickens his whole body. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373   A man's personality actuates and quickens his whole body. If anyone said it was unsuitable for the man's power to be in the toe, he would be thought silly, because, while granting that a man penetrates and actuates the whole of his body, he denied his presence in the part. Similarly, no one who admits the presence of the Word of God in the universe as a whole should think it unsuitable for a single human body to be by Him actuated and enlightened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655]]></link><description><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hated it so much. I want to be out there all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hated it so much. I want to be out there all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast down by God's terrors, and yet not willingly throw himself down as he ought at God's footstool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8322</guid></item></channel></rss>