<?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[While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5832]]></link><description><![CDATA[While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really, the President was going to have to push to get it done. Others would have gone along, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really, the President was going to have to push to get it done. Others would have gone along,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49010]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4430]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24226]]></link><description><![CDATA[it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the purpose--for we cite our faults That they may hold excused our lawless lives;  And partly, seeing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25137]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the purpose--for we cite our faults That they may hold excused our lawless lives;  And partly, seeing you are beautified   With goodly shape, and by your own report    A linguist, and a man of such perfection     As we do in our quality much want--]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15026]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved no King since Forty One When Prelacy went down,  A Cloak and Band I then put on, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved no King since Forty One When Prelacy went down,  A Cloak and Band I then put on,   And preached against the Crown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that "the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that "the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science." Unfortunately, the popular effect of this scientific advance has been a belief, seemingly shared by many scientists, that the range of our ignorance is steadily diminishing and that we can therefore aim at more comprehensive and deliberate control of all human activities. It is for this reason that those intoxicated by the advance of knowledge so often become the enemies of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are dinosaurs. They live on the back of the IRA, but the IRA are finished, and they cannot grasp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37874]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are dinosaurs. They live on the back of the IRA, but the IRA are finished, and they cannot grasp it. They won't move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14634]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion. He hath indeed bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35547]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16226]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36764]]></link><description><![CDATA[This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous impact on the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12339]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the temples of his gods?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related breakdown. It performed in today's storm without incident. The M-7 travels more than 700,000 miles without a breakdown, although the contract specified only 100,000 miles between breakdowns. The M-7 put Metro-North on track for a record on-time performance for 2005 of more than 97 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27798]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm of the small we shall reach the ultimate foundations of the universe. I believe we can abandon this idea without any regret. The universe is infini.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12144]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others to assist.   [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist    Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen,     Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man knows more than he understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man knows more than he understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really a focal point for us that our scores are going up -- we're closing that gap, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really a focal point for us that our scores are going up -- we're closing that gap,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13500]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child abuse does not go away, but 90 percent of child abuse is preventable, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Child abuse does not go away, but 90 percent of child abuse is preventable,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A difference, to be a difference, must make a difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22624]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference, to be a difference, must make a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the whole range of imaginative literature, and we are all wholesale borrowers. In every matter that relates to invention, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the whole range of imaginative literature, and we are all wholesale borrowers. In every matter that relates to invention, to use, or beauty or form, we are borrowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right is its own defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right is its own defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51887]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7161</guid></item></channel></rss>