<?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[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,   And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grave,  I was a king in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grave,  I was a king in Babylon   And you were a Christian slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our power is in our ability to decide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our power is in our ability to decide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64483]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39540]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others concentrate on practical skills such as campaigning and lobbying. That's very valuable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll always be poor in my mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll always be poor in my mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4184]]></link><description><![CDATA[When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41201]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394]]></link><description><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57183]]></link><description><![CDATA[To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has multiple killing techniques. It ionizes (both) the oxygen found in normal air and hydrogen peroxide to kill bugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has multiple killing techniques. It ionizes (both) the oxygen found in normal air and hydrogen peroxide to kill bugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15512]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   "Help!"   "Sorry! 'monmywaytochurch."   The deepest sins are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   "Help!"   "Sorry! 'monmywaytochurch."   The deepest sins are camouflaged as holiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew him tyrannous; and tyrants' fears Decrease not, but grow faster than the years;  And should he doubt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew him tyrannous; and tyrants' fears Decrease not, but grow faster than the years;  And should he doubt it, as no doubt he doth,   That I should open to the list'ning air    How many worthy princes' bloods were shed     To keep his bed of blackness unlaid ope,      To lop that doubt, he'll fill this land with arms       And make pretense of wrong that I have done him;        When all, for mine, if I may call offense,         Must feel war's blow, who spares not innocence;          Which love to all, of which thyself art one,           Who now reproved'st me for't--]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster.  The far-fam'd sculptor, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster.  The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard,   Those bold insurancers of deathless fame,    Supply their little feeble aids in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,   Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,    The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every little thing counts in a crisis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every little thing counts in a crisis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statistics seem to reflect that many of the people who sought shelter in and around Houston have decided to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40993]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statistics seem to reflect that many of the people who sought shelter in and around Houston have decided to stay. Luckily, our market had the available supply of homes for sale and lease to absorb the number of people who needed a place to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your day will come is another way of saying you get yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your day will come is another way of saying you get yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all, ... President Bush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31193]]></link><description><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all, ... President Bush is asking us to have faith in things unseen. We only have that kind of faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complain to one who can help you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complain to one who can help you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strange, glazed expression came into his eyes and he staggered around the cabin looking for all the world like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62676]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strange, glazed expression came into his eyes and he staggered around the cabin looking for all the world like a zombie unwilling to take part in an experiment in advanced necromancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River;  We listened to the landler-tune,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River;  We listened to the landler-tune,   We watched the moonbeams quiver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13687]]></link><description><![CDATA[each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the city had become corrupt. For then it was not the most virtuous but the most powerful who stood for election, and the weak, even if virtuous, were too frightened to run for office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, 'Oh, well, there's another Saturday.' The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stop. As bad as we played those last four minutes, we still had a shot to win it with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30264]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stop. As bad as we played those last four minutes, we still had a shot to win it with one stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each foot its own shoe. [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56219]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each foot its own shoe. [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56219</guid></item></channel></rss>