<?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[To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52758]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of vast circumference and gloom profound, This solitary Tree! A living thing  Produced too slowly ever to decay;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of vast circumference and gloom profound, This solitary Tree! A living thing  Produced too slowly ever to decay;   Of form and aspect too magnificent    To be destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pomps and vanity of this wicked world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale,  And nightly to the listening earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale,  And nightly to the listening earth   Repeats the story of her birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63608]]></link><description><![CDATA[In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915]]></link><description><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944]]></link><description><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32143]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was probably not as sharp as he normally is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one till his death Be called unhappy. Measure not the work  Until the day's out and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one till his death Be called unhappy. Measure not the work  Until the day's out and the labour done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step isacceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step isacceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits, Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;  And now the happy season once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59491]]></link><description><![CDATA[All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits, Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;  And now the happy season once more fits   That lovesick Love by pleading may be blest;    For lovers say the heart hath treble wrong     When it is barred the aidance of the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31880]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my elbow. I guess that was the passing of the torch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156</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[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity for us to have it, but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, then is when we join the fashionable madmen, and then is when the thin whine of hysteria is heard in the land, and then is when we are in bad trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder.Anyone who does is not a Witch, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54303]]></link><description><![CDATA[No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder.Anyone who does is not a Witch, but a psychopath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience alone gives the right to command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience alone gives the right to command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is more bearable than nothingness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is more bearable than nothingness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58669]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many different voice and languages; but there is but one voice of the peoples when you are declared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many different voice and languages; but there is but one voice of the peoples when you are declared to be the true "Father of your country." [Lat., Vox diversa sonat: populorum est vox tamen una,  Cum verus Patriae diceris esse Pater.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44196</guid></item></channel></rss>