<?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[It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64281]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24891]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65169]]></link><description><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. Although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24211]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From little spark may burst a mighty flame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54045]]></link><description><![CDATA[From little spark may burst a mighty flame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of every hole in the Cosmos hunting for the Absolute Cheese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is a partnership, Grief weeps alone,  Many guests had Cana;   Gethsemane but one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is a partnership, Grief weeps alone,  Many guests had Cana;   Gethsemane but one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to get there early...I suggest you wait a week or so, the interest will fade and you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38292]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to get there early...I suggest you wait a week or so, the interest will fade and you should be able to attend. I appreciate your interest in our nation's justice system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ride (eight seconds) or die in this sport, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39155]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ride (eight seconds) or die in this sport,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be neat to get together old-time people who went to a small-town school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33069]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be neat to get together old-time people who went to a small-town school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,rnLove like you'll never be hurt,rnSing like there's nobody listening,rnAnd live like it's heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65455]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,rnLove like you'll never be hurt,rnSing like there's nobody listening,rnAnd live like it's heaven on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24259]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66159]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away….]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20717]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. •Thomas Hobbes   Depend on no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. •Thomas Hobbes   Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. •Johann Kaspar Lavater  It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals. •Fred Allen   We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better than a single-family residence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main goal is to find out what's going on out there in rural Iowa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39920]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main goal is to find out what's going on out there in rural Iowa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Congress has pre-supposed some situation where it is appropriate to bypass the court of appeals, and if not this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Congress has pre-supposed some situation where it is appropriate to bypass the court of appeals, and if not this case, then what case would it ever be?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions to real estate problems that others won't touch. I handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements, and close within a few days if necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know what's happening in Buffalo or Rochester or Binghamton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22305]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29861]]></link><description><![CDATA[What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45912]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15104]]></link><description><![CDATA[To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there, Where most it promises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there, Where most it promises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49348]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446</guid></item></channel></rss>