<?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[There is much that is bad and meaningless in the universe, and the universe contains men who know that much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8340]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is much that is bad and meaningless in the universe, and the universe contains men who know that much is bad and meaningless. The Christian answer is that this is a good world gone wrong, but with a memory of what it should have been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Ignorance Thou art fall'n man's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Ignorance Thou art fall'n man's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, heavy brows." Then they would all get embarrassed because they remembered they had the big hunky brows too, and they'd get mad and eat the snowman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24129]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat;  White are his shoulders and white his crest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat;  White are his shoulders and white his crest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince, give praise to our French ladies For the sweet sound their speaking carries;  'Twixt Rome and Cadiz many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince, give praise to our French ladies For the sweet sound their speaking carries;  'Twixt Rome and Cadiz many a maid is,   But no good girl's lip out of Paris.   - Algernon Charles Swinburne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gap may run into more competition than they think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gap may run into more competition than they think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,   Over the heads of the people you meet.    Dancing,     Flirting,      Skimming along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64574]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42165]]></link><description><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from now, Oracle will have to give a real response to the open-source threat it faces. Tossing a lightweight database in front of a fast-moving market that wants free, open, and killer databases just won't fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53671]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36757]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45708]]></link><description><![CDATA[With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,  Discovered in his fraud, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,  Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit while making it clear that in confronting the clear and present danger posed by Iraqi lawlessness, the diplomatic string is running out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our emergency preparedness is always an ongoing priority. We're constantly working on it at the Clinic and drills like these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our emergency preparedness is always an ongoing priority. We're constantly working on it at the Clinic and drills like these help us work even closer with the emergency agencies to build a closer, more effective relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - and they know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13046]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber  The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber  The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend   He now dare trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64195]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21411]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie ten nights awake, carving the fashion of a new doublet. He was wont to speak plain and to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie ten nights awake, carving the fashion of a new doublet. He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is only one letter short of danger ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is only one letter short of danger]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53404]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people age 25 to 30 don't have the capital or cash to afford fertility treatments, but that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people age 25 to 30 don't have the capital or cash to afford fertility treatments, but that's the age when they have a much greater chance of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows what Falls Church retail is today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36384]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows what Falls Church retail is today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150]]></link><description><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings -- and they will always come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I liked the feeling of being in the middle of trouble and trying to find a way out. Football is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38876]]></link><description><![CDATA[I liked the feeling of being in the middle of trouble and trying to find a way out. Football is my life story happening on a football field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! to seize the moment When the heart inclines to heart,  And press a suit with passion,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! to seize the moment When the heart inclines to heart,  And press a suit with passion,   Is not a woman's part.    If man come not to gather     The roses where they stand,      They fade among their foliage,       They cannot seek his hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45360</guid></item></channel></rss>