<?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[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a looking glass. It gives back to everyman a true reflection of his own thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a looking glass. It gives back to everyman a true reflection of his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58031]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first distinct product of man's spiritual nature; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19320]]></link><description><![CDATA[History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest expression of what can be called Thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo."  Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19951]]></link><description><![CDATA[W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo."  Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"   "How's the world a-usin' you?"    . . . .     W'en you travel through the strange      Country t'other side the range,       Then the souls you've cheered will know        Who you be, an' say "hullo."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most beautiful of all lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most beautiful of all lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12262]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil, my friends, is a woman just now. 'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12152]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil, my friends, is a woman just now. 'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer  The slings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12760]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune   Or to take arms against a sea of troubles    And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--     No more--and by a sleep to say we end      The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks       That flesh is heir to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cock up your beaver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cock up your beaver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26987]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is in ruins? The invisible church, composed of all Spirit-baptized persons, is indefectible, it cannot be ruined; against it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6827]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is in ruins? The invisible church, composed of all Spirit-baptized persons, is indefectible, it cannot be ruined; against it "the gates of Hades shall not prevail." The local assembly may indeed by sadly ruined; but it can be restored, as, by the grace of God, has been seen times without number -- at Corinth, for example. The only other institution in question is that agglomeration of sects that is called "Christendom." But that is unrecognized by the New Testament -- it is not of God at all: and that it is "in ruins" is no matter for our regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17128]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55585]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . .   The Rose still blushes, and the vi'lets blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8877]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are excited about finalizing our new location in the Greenville area. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are excited about finalizing our new location in the Greenville area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with theidea of a cathedral in mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with theidea of a cathedral in mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I saw was this black thing, and I couldn't understand what it was. When I hit it, I thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42299]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I saw was this black thing, and I couldn't understand what it was. When I hit it, I thought it should have been bigger because it was big hit. It moved the car, and the steering wheel. I had nothing at the end, and I'm sure Scott pushed it just as hard as me. This race was really tough, but it was for the championship and this was a win we really, really wanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No law reaches it, but all right- minded people observe it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11573]]></link><description><![CDATA[No law reaches it, but all right- minded people observe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34275]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all citizens to help the government, to help the military, to help the police in providing information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A faire death honours the whole life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49015]]></link><description><![CDATA[A faire death honours the whole life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/125]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532]]></link><description><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football? (when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42875]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27749]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no substitute for hard work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21249]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no substitute for hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13805]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a god dam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56954]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2188]]></link><description><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour, She stood as a marble would stand,  Then the Saviour bent down, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5705]]></link><description><![CDATA[All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour, She stood as a marble would stand,  Then the Saviour bent down, and the Saviour   In silence wrote on in the sand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45916</guid></item></channel></rss>