<?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[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And solid pudding against empty praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13248]]></link><description><![CDATA[And solid pudding against empty praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61081]]></link><description><![CDATA[People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You souls of geese, That bear the shapes of men, how have you run  From slaves that apes would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10499]]></link><description><![CDATA[You souls of geese, That bear the shapes of men, how have you run  From slaves that apes would men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of my favorite clothing patterns is camouflage. Because when you're in the woods it makes you blend in. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20178]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite clothing patterns is camouflage. Because when you're in the woods it makes you blend in. But when you're not it does just the opposite. It's like "hey, there's an asshole."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and prizes for acts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of the epidemiological risk of diabetes, this is by far the biggest finding to date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33058]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of the epidemiological risk of diabetes, this is by far the biggest finding to date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46494]]></link><description><![CDATA[To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17835]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  In several striking cases of conversion I have studied, those in need were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  In several striking cases of conversion I have studied, those in need were inspired and affected, not merely by the kindness of an individual... but by the love and sympathy of the Church as a whole... Examples could be multiplied. This type of service is a great witness to the reality of Christian life and faith; but it presupposes a spirit of fellowship within the Church, a spirit which is all too rare. It means that there is mutual respect and trust between the minister and the members of his Church; and a spirit of fellowship which is outward-looking and which issues in service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam  Posse volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My last day here in Hampton is October 4, ... I will then take time for a deep breath, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39483]]></link><description><![CDATA[My last day here in Hampton is October 4, ... I will then take time for a deep breath, and then send everything to the cleaners and start again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12335]]></link><description><![CDATA[International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They (Penn-Trafford) did everything perfect until the final three minutes. They really didn't deserve to lose this game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32451]]></link><description><![CDATA[They (Penn-Trafford) did everything perfect until the final three minutes. They really didn't deserve to lose this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a test of ultimate willThe heartbreak climb uphillGot to pick up the paceIf you want to stay in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18729]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a test of ultimate willThe heartbreak climb uphillGot to pick up the paceIf you want to stay in the raceMore than just blind ambitionMore than just simple greedMore than just a finish lineMust feed this burning need]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. -King Richard III. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56017]]></link><description><![CDATA[True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it. - The Heart's Domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our people who are sitting in the dark because of these cowardly and treacherous attacks, not our occupiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36810]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our people who are sitting in the dark because of these cowardly and treacherous attacks, not our occupiers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready mony is a ready Medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ready mony is a ready Medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12197]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650   I belong to the "Great-God Party", and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650   I belong to the "Great-God Party", and will have nothing to do with the "Little-God Party." Christ does not want nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To my purist trout fishing friends, bass are lowly green fish and brown fish. To me, bass are bent rods ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/593]]></link><description><![CDATA[To my purist trout fishing friends, bass are lowly green fish and brown fish. To me, bass are bent rods and aching arms. To my ex-wife, bass are the bewilderment of addiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall I, like Curtius, desperate in my zeal, O'er head and ears plunge for the common weal?  Or rob ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall I, like Curtius, desperate in my zeal, O'er head and ears plunge for the common weal?  Or rob Rome's ancient geese of all their glories,   And cackling save the monarchies of Tories?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62993]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far Was pinned with a single star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far Was pinned with a single star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56221]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. [Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17139]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. [Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I paint with shapes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I paint with shapes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you say it is, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you say it is, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two souls and one thought, two hearts and one pulse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two souls and one thought, two hearts and one pulse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expect to have a strong connection to Vail for the rest of my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28406]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expect to have a strong connection to Vail for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody really knew how this would be received in Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody really knew how this would be received in Israel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32428</guid></item></channel></rss>