<?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 knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have reached zero tolerance for the cruelty against our animal brothers. If we are to nuture our culture, let’s ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have reached zero tolerance for the cruelty against our animal brothers. If we are to nuture our culture, let’s begin with the animals who have been nothing but our beasts of burden for so long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a hard loss, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a hard loss,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/146]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a mente.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that were in being, for he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45819]]></link><description><![CDATA[He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that were in being, for he knew that he came raw into the world, and accounted it no point of wisdom to be broiled out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not economize will have to agonize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13346]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not economize will have to agonize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries,  As motion and long-during action tires   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries,  As motion and long-during action tires   The sinewy vigor of the traveller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15036]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant! But yet you draw not iron, for my heart  Is true as steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15633]]></link><description><![CDATA[You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant! But yet you draw not iron, for my heart  Is true as steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. [Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a long journey straw waighs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49532]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a long journey straw waighs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13939]]></link><description><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is the sum and total of a person's choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new frontiers to be conquered are mainly in the convolutions of the cortex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new frontiers to be conquered are mainly in the convolutions of the cortex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or authoritative in his time, we must never rule out the possibility that what we have discovered is not the limit of his vision but only an example of his deliberate rhetorical accommodation to reigning prejudice which he does not share but thinks it best not to expose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First things first, second things never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3950]]></link><description><![CDATA[First things first, second things never.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This relationship is based on a firm belief in shared values and in principles that we defend and that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39087]]></link><description><![CDATA[This relationship is based on a firm belief in shared values and in principles that we defend and that we proclaim and that we assume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17159]]></link><description><![CDATA[In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44754]]></link><description><![CDATA[We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye will have his part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye will have his part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20435]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31696]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, it feels like they're beginning to spend more than they have in the past couple of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39464]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3478]]></link><description><![CDATA[To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41582]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. This last month is going to be interesting for our league like it is for all leagues, but when it's all said and done, we'll have a number of teams that deserve attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65645]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nympholepsy of some fond despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nympholepsy of some fond despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two or three games. They couldn't get that game out of their system, it was such a tough loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;   And so may you, for a light heart lives long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8327]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate for teachers feeling that way, that they don't want to be singled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate for teachers feeling that way, that they don't want to be singled out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866  I clearly recognize that all good is in God alone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866  I clearly recognize that all good is in God alone, and that in me, without Divine Grace, there is nothing but deficiency... The one sole thing in myself in which I glory, is that I see in myself nothing in which I can glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  The Old Testament does not occupy itself with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  The Old Testament does not occupy itself with how Israel thought of God. Its concern is with how Israel ought to think of God. To it, the existence of God is not an open question, nor His nature, nor the accessibility of knowledge of Him. God Himself has taken care of that He has made Himself known to His people, and their business is not to feel after Him if haply they may fumblingly find Him, but to hearken to Him as He declares to them what and who He is. [Continued].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11358</guid></item></channel></rss>