<?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[Peacetime conscription is the greatest step toward regimentation and militarism ever undertaken by the Congress of the United States. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peacetime conscription is the greatest step toward regimentation and militarism ever undertaken by the Congress of the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36233]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to the considerations',]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't use makeup and wigs to have Peri and Teri look like Sara and Yvonne, but the roles were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32229]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't use makeup and wigs to have Peri and Teri look like Sara and Yvonne, but the roles were challenging because they had to portray them in three stages of their lives, from their 20s, 40s to their 60s,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14158]]></link><description><![CDATA[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As by the way of innuendo Lucus is made a non lucendo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59678]]></link><description><![CDATA[As by the way of innuendo Lucus is made a non lucendo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot.  Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64519]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot.  Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44844]]></link><description><![CDATA[They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50386]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41259]]></link><description><![CDATA[I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52824]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59706]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13637]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8916]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards can never be moral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards can never be moral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798]]></link><description><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to forecast, forecast often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15701]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to forecast, forecast often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou know'st, great son, The end of war's uncertain, but this certain,  That, if thou conquer Rome, the benefit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou know'st, great son, The end of war's uncertain, but this certain,  That, if thou conquer Rome, the benefit   Which thou shalt thereby reap is such a name    Whose repetition will be dogged with curses,     Whose chronicle thus writ: 'The man was noble,      But with his last attempt he wiped it out,       Destroyed his country; and his name remains        To th' ensuing age abhorred,' Speak to me son.         Thou hast affected the fine strains of honor,          To imitate the graces of the gods;           To tear with thunder the wide cheeks o' th' air,            And yet to change thy sulphur with a bolt             That should rive an oak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66655]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45588]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight, and yet no eye Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midnight, and yet no eye Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man thinks one thing best, another another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48861]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man thinks one thing best, another another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal for fiscal 1998 is to continue to reduce Apple's break-even point through a combination of further expense reductions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal for fiscal 1998 is to continue to reduce Apple's break-even point through a combination of further expense reductions and gross margin improvements,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better good afarre off, then evill at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41206]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3748]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44291]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61158]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65124]]></link><description><![CDATA[I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very unfair, in my opinion. It's also something we can't control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very unfair, in my opinion. It's also something we can't control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5563]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Olivia:) What's a drunken man like, fool? (Clown:) Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One draught above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22936]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Olivia:) What's a drunken man like, fool? (Clown:) Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One draught above heat makes him a fool, the seconds mads him, and a third drowns him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're passing through, and this is the one place they can learn about the state, about blues, civil rights, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41130]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're passing through, and this is the one place they can learn about the state, about blues, civil rights, the Civil War, cotton ... and also the history and significance of this National Historic Landmark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41130</guid></item></channel></rss>