<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and graviton have no separate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46592]]></link><description><![CDATA[When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and graviton have no separate existence from matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56221]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years we were sure they were here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5172]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most manufacturers have no idea how bad the environment is out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most manufacturers have no idea how bad the environment is out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased to use this time to move into a new life for ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12301]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppression can only survive through silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oppression can only survive through silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12089]]></link><description><![CDATA[No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31783]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time I've ever had any in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keep me from false friends! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51515]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keep me from false friends!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10086]]></link><description><![CDATA[In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty, and I'll show you a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty, and I'll show you a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24627]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35218]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across genres but across generations as well, ... It's inspiring to see so many albums, songs, and music makers getting due recognition from their peers, as well as such a cross section of genres being recognized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . all who joy would win Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18638]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . all who joy would win Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always hope. So far we've been OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always hope. So far we've been OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every indivdual, in all her magnificent diversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56837]]></link><description><![CDATA[K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17393]]></link><description><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait encore admirer un sot.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135]]></link><description><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (steam) sterilizers right now use 9,000 watts of electricity each, and these will be down to 1,500 watts apiece. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The (steam) sterilizers right now use 9,000 watts of electricity each, and these will be down to 1,500 watts apiece. That's a big savings. You maybe don't have to bring along as many generators. You don't burn as much fuel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dame Nature's minstrels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dame Nature's minstrels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaughan has scored just 84 runs from six innings in the series ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vaughan has scored just 84 runs from six innings in the series]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38996</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart;  Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart;  Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,   A humble and a contrite heart.    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet     Lest we forget,--lest we forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have faith in yourself you don’t need others to believe in you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65596]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have faith in yourself you don’t need others to believe in you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65596</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another must place the truth of the case in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46536]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings? - Craftmanship in Teaching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53601</guid></item></channel></rss>