<?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 see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63516]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We adore chaos because we love to produce order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We adore chaos because we love to produce order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53721]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price spike in the aftermath of Katrina. This is quite promising for the growth outlook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not knowing but doing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not knowing but doing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of harmes two the less is for to chose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of harmes two the less is for to chose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the power to do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the power to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23864]]></link><description><![CDATA[A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature attains perfection, but man never does. There is a perfect ant, a perfect bee, but man is perpetually unfinished. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature attains perfection, but man never does. There is a perfect ant, a perfect bee, but man is perpetually unfinished. He is both an unfinished animal and an unfinished man. It is this incurable unfinishedness which sets man apart from other living things. For, in the attempt to finish himself, man becomes a creator. Moreover, the incurable unfinishedness keeps man perpetually immature, perpetually capable of learning and growing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the defense which belongs to the Day of Judgment, would make such damaging admissions, would clear away so many artificial virtues, would tell such tragedies of weakness and failure, that a man would sooner be misunderstood and censured by the world than exposed to that awful and merciless eulogy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9323]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get this shot maybe once in a lifetime. You don't want to let this opportunity to pass you by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31506]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get this shot maybe once in a lifetime. You don't want to let this opportunity to pass you by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53602]]></link><description><![CDATA[There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59289]]></link><description><![CDATA[To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad to see a teammate go down and a good friend like that. It's unfortunate, but I'm just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad to see a teammate go down and a good friend like that. It's unfortunate, but I'm just going to do the things I've been doing, that's working hard and working on preparation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greatest Story He Never Told' is what the book should have been called. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Greatest Story He Never Told' is what the book should have been called.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'll be down as long as it takes to get it repaired. Luckily, they have a generator, and that helps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31120]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'll be down as long as it takes to get it repaired. Luckily, they have a generator, and that helps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every game we had was important to stay in the hunt. We knew how important the games were. It wasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every game we had was important to stay in the hunt. We knew how important the games were. It wasn't until about the last game that we could relax a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38884]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have to work, ... It gives me something to push for and it keeps me humble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42183]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity  Under the sun.   Oh! it was pitiful!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity  Under the sun.   Oh! it was pitiful!    Near a whole city full,     Home had she none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46466</guid></item></channel></rss>