<?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[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37826]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would rather do a secondary offering than have them sell in dribs and drabs. It makes a lot of sense to do it in one fell swoop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to do more than I already had: just the double agents' names that I gave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27189]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to be a little bid on this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27578]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a skin without and a skin within, A covering skin and a lining skin,  But the skin within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44614]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a skin without and a skin within, A covering skin and a lining skin,  But the skin within is the skin without   Doubled and carried complete throughout.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60874]]></link><description><![CDATA[And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54595]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, then the world 's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, then the world 's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who so loves believes the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who so loves believes the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We saw Pang's application and it seemed she would be a very good fit for this family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30497]]></link><description><![CDATA[We saw Pang's application and it seemed she would be a very good fit for this family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a fun question. A different way of looking at the extent people trust each other is that question. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39925]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a fun question. A different way of looking at the extent people trust each other is that question. Again, that's normative behavior. I know growing up we never had our door locked. That has changed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the miracle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27548]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. [Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. [Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the wrong way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to save money. Someday it may be valuable again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to save money. Someday it may be valuable again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9694]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64893]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursoron the blank page(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursoron the blank page(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That relationship saved him. He was devastated with the injuries and no one could've helped him more than Dave Davis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32436]]></link><description><![CDATA[That relationship saved him. He was devastated with the injuries and no one could've helped him more than Dave Davis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live well. It is the greatest revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live well. It is the greatest revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29532]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24517]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is right to be done cannot be done too soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66796]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not donut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not donut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66152</guid></item></channel></rss>