<?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[And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11082]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55944]]></link><description><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65654]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24196]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second to professe it, the third to despise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second to professe it, the third to despise counsell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30189]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39563]]></link><description><![CDATA[This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming up.' He didn't do what he was supposed to do. So when a bird flushed and the vice president swung in to shoot it, Harry was where the bird was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome;  Stiff in opinions, always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48953]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome;  Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.   Was everything by starts, and nothing long;    But in the course of one revolving moon,     Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  Those who make it a reproach to Christianity that it taught no new morality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  Those who make it a reproach to Christianity that it taught no new morality and invented no new kind of Deity could not be more laughably wide of the mark. What it did was to guarantee that the old morality was actually valid, and the old beliefs literally true. "Ye worship ye know not what, but we know what we worship," "that which we have seen with our eyes and our hands have handled" -- "He suffered under Pontius Pilate." God died -- not in a legend, not in a symbol, not in a distant past nor in a realm unknown, but here, [in the crucifiction of Christ]; the whole great cloudy castle of natural religion and poetic prophecy is brought down to earth and firmly cemented upon that angular and solid cornerstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,  For I shall have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,  For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,--   Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none,    And no dear mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28752]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me a pretty easy shot. I got it in, which was huge for us. We really needed to win this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50663]]></link><description><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true art of government consists in not governing too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true art of government consists in not governing too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very hard! Oh, Dick, my boy, It's very hard one can't enjoy  A little private spouting;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/425]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very hard! Oh, Dick, my boy, It's very hard one can't enjoy  A little private spouting;   But sure as Lear or Hamlet lives,    Up comes our master, Bounce! and gives     The tragic Muse a routing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small things become the small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small things become the small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chide me not, laborious band! For the idle flowers I brought;  Every aster in my hand   Goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chide me not, laborious band! For the idle flowers I brought;  Every aster in my hand   Goes home loaded with a thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22837]]></link><description><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52215]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the mercy of God is so great that He can instruct us, to our salvation, even when He hides ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the mercy of God is so great that He can instruct us, to our salvation, even when He hides Himself, what a brilliance of light we must expect when He reveals Himself!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We decided let's put the challenge to them, ... These kids know what's going on at parties, and probably have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39496]]></link><description><![CDATA[We decided let's put the challenge to them, ... These kids know what's going on at parties, and probably have much better ideas as to how they can get the message to their peers in a way that will make them think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49076]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples of his gods?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion and strife bow down the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion and strife bow down the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God in making man intended by him to reduce all His Works back again to Himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20850]]></link><description><![CDATA[God in making man intended by him to reduce all His Works back again to Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37210]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48114]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it momentany as a sound,   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:        So quick bright things come to confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The suggestion of establishing this society is profitable for the citizens because it keeps them a way from the greedy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The suggestion of establishing this society is profitable for the citizens because it keeps them a way from the greedy merchants in the local markets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6061</guid></item></channel></rss>