<?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 you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the members have the greatest amount of resemblance to one another and the greatest amount of difference from the members of other classes. But suppose that, instead of organizing knowledge, you set out to organize ignorance and prejudice. You will then do precisely the opposite...You will keep the classification vague and flexible, so that it can be made to include just whatever individuals you choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to make a version that wasn't so disturbing that you couldn't put it in a family movie, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38845]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to make a version that wasn't so disturbing that you couldn't put it in a family movie,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14285]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At every close she made, th' attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song:  So just, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56450]]></link><description><![CDATA[At every close she made, th' attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song:  So just, so small, yet in so sweet a note,   It seemed the music melted in the throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/432]]></link><description><![CDATA[There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a fulfillment. Whither they are led is of secondary importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. You're lunging, but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar,  Although one summer evening's dew could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10978]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar,  Although one summer evening's dew could fill   Its little cup twice over, ere the star    Had called the lazy shepherd to his fold,     And be no prodigal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41544]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What question can be here? Your own true heart Must needs advise you of the only part:  That may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4746]]></link><description><![CDATA[What question can be here? Your own true heart Must needs advise you of the only part:  That may be claim'd again which was but lent,   And should be yielded with no discontent,    Nor surely can we find herein a wrong,     That it was left us to enjoy it long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56284]]></link><description><![CDATA[He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This last section of Psalm 22 [i.e., verses 27-31] reminds us of Hebrews 12:2: "Looking unto Jesus the author and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6209]]></link><description><![CDATA[This last section of Psalm 22 [i.e., verses 27-31] reminds us of Hebrews 12:2: "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." The "joy" that was set before Jesus was, we feel, knowing of the riches which would come to his brethren out of his death. In short, we are his joy, set before him when on the cross. As we have seen, only as the circle of the love of Jesus becomes world wide and as big as history will it be complete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die,  Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die,  Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17396]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about the wine show is you have owners pouring their wines, and people can ask them questions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about the wine show is you have owners pouring their wines, and people can ask them questions about the wine. We consider the event to be classy but casual, meaning you don't have to be a wine aficionado to enjoy this event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're losing time. Time is working against us. I think we all pray and hope for a miracle, but this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're losing time. Time is working against us. I think we all pray and hope for a miracle, but this morning we're about to mark two weeks, and it's highly unlikely we're going to find anyone alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the trail of the serpent is over them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56389]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the trail of the serpent is over them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurt us deeply because the family was actually a part of our family at the veterans of foreign wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38885]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurt us deeply because the family was actually a part of our family at the veterans of foreign wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great unwashed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great unwashed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and concerns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33580]]></link><description><![CDATA[These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and concerns of Canadians from all provinces and territories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success begins with belief and ends with doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success begins with belief and ends with doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In today's complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16460]]></link><description><![CDATA[In today's complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55349]]></link><description><![CDATA[O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49942]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand to take rates up faster than the market currently anticipates?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27896]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56571]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56571</guid></item></channel></rss>