<?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[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we not all members of the same Body and partakers of the same Spirit and heirs of the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are we not all members of the same Body and partakers of the same Spirit and heirs of the same blessed hope of eternal life? ... Why do we not, as becomes brethren, dwell together in unity, but are so apt to quarrel and break out into heats, to crumble into sects and parties, to divide and separate from one another upon every trifling occasion? Give me leave... in the name of our dear Lord ... to recommend to you this new commandment of his, that ye love one another. Which is almost a new commandment still, and hardly the worse for wearing, so seldom is it put on, and so little hath it been practiced among Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50189]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9551]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war for liberty never ends. One day liberty has to be defended against the power of wealth, on another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war for liberty never ends. One day liberty has to be defended against the power of wealth, on another day against the intrigues of politicians, on another against the dead hand of bureaucrats, on another against the patrioter and the militarist, on another against the profiteer, and then against the hysteria and the passions of the mobs, against obscurantism and stupidity, against the criminal and against the overrighteous. In this campaign every civilized man is enlisted till he dies, and he only has known the full joy of living who somewhere and at some time has struck a decisive blow for the freedom of the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59495]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19361]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times,  TO hid the feeling heart? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20218]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times,  TO hid the feeling heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35096]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour,  And the moon rose over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour,  And the moon rose over the city,   Behind the dark church tower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not sure who are No. 2 is going to be. As of now, we're just calling him Johnny All-Staff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not sure who are No. 2 is going to be. As of now, we're just calling him Johnny All-Staff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3448]]></link><description><![CDATA[I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the real trouble comes when people continue 'holiday eating mode' after the holidays, ... Weigh Less, Live Longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41065]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the real trouble comes when people continue 'holiday eating mode' after the holidays, ... Weigh Less, Live Longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came up big to keep us in it. But it just wasn't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius and its rewards are briefly told: A liberal nature and a niggard doom,  A difficult journey to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius and its rewards are briefly told: A liberal nature and a niggard doom,  A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13043]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49333]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812]]></link><description><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand,  And the brown rocks left bare on every hand,   As if the ebbing tide would flow no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the very thing that makes it a unique and special place. That's just as true of the Net.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31654]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow--You are not wrong who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow--You are not wrong who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade,   Then let example be obey'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So holy and so perfect is my love, And I in such a poverty of grace,  That I shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18766]]></link><description><![CDATA[So holy and so perfect is my love, And I in such a poverty of grace,  That I shall think it a most plenteous crop   To glean the broken ears after the man    That the main harvest reaps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. . -Carl Sagan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. . -Carl Sagan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye Contact: A method utilized by a single woman to communicate to a man that she is interested in him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eye Contact: A method utilized by a single woman to communicate to a man that she is interested in him. Despite being advised to do so, many women have difficulty looking a man directly in the eyes, not necessarily due to the shyness, but usually due to the fact that a woman's eyes are not located in her chest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11106</guid></item></channel></rss>