<?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[Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to put away my opportunities and that is something I am happy about, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to put away my opportunities and that is something I am happy about,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1741]]></link><description><![CDATA[None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12762]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7675]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more profound than any that underlies our somewhat enfeebled ideas of universal benevolence and the determined progress of the race. There is something more true in his denunciation of idolatry as sin than in our denial that it is possible for a man to worship an idol, or in our suggestion that all idolatry is only a road to spiritual worship of the one true God... One day, I think, we shall return to these stern doctrines, realizing in them a truth more profound than we now know, and then we shall preach them with conviction, and, being convinced ourselves, we shall convince others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health and mony goe farre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health and mony goe farre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This wonder lasted nine daies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61981]]></link><description><![CDATA[This wonder lasted nine daies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786]]></link><description><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which can win at any time. This tournament really lets you see what you need to work on and what you're doing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46027]]></link><description><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2818]]></link><description><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their speed behold advancing   Modern men and women dancing;    Step and dress alike express     Above, below from heel to toe,      Male and female awkwardness.       Without a hoop, without a ruffle,        One eternal jig and shuffle,         Where's the air and where's the gait?          Where's the feather in the hat?           Where the frizzed toupee? and where            Oh! where's the powder for the hair?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, filet mignon, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes. - The Rising Gorge, 1961.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15243]]></link><description><![CDATA[This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient. [It., Bello e il rossore, ma e incommodo qualche volta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient. [It., Bello e il rossore, ma e incommodo qualche volta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's an innocence that has kind of gone away. Umm . . . the novelty factor hasn't been there for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44690]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's an innocence that has kind of gone away. Umm . . . the novelty factor hasn't been there for a while.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17725]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11923]]></link><description><![CDATA[No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a very important part of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a very important part of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41529]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing to do. ... We're hopeful now that it's public that chapter is behind us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see them not coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see them not coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old reliable, our defensive effort is what sustained us. I thought we made great stops down the stretch. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old reliable, our defensive effort is what sustained us. I thought we made great stops down the stretch. They have two outstanding players and a nice supporting cast, and I thought we did a good job in the fourth quarter, particularly the last four minutes, of making huge defensive stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He will not give up until we, too, are like Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6286</guid></item></channel></rss>