<?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[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some relationship. [Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23396]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a passionate intuition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a passionate intuition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23057]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can hurt me without my permission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can hurt me without my permission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36854]]></link><description><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29205]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body image and female sexuality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missouri voters really aren't sure what's going on with the president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Missouri voters really aren't sure what's going on with the president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the fact that there is challenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39911]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the fact that there is challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56407]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44136]]></link><description><![CDATA[They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These firms are still in foot-in-the-door mode. They aren't getting entire companies to outsource: They're getting divisions and bits and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34606]]></link><description><![CDATA[These firms are still in foot-in-the-door mode. They aren't getting entire companies to outsource: They're getting divisions and bits and pieces,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is being looked at. A lot is going on behind the scenes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is being looked at. A lot is going on behind the scenes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You behold in me Only a travelling Physician;  One of the few who have a mission   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26699]]></link><description><![CDATA[You behold in me Only a travelling Physician;  One of the few who have a mission   To cure incurable diseases,    Or those that are called so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51075]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49277]]></link><description><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies safe for thee    A little nest on the ground."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em. [Lat., Libertas et natale solum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em. [Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ideas fail, words come in very handy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20286]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ideas fail, words come in very handy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea complains upon a thousand shores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea complains upon a thousand shores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of studies a dull brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58039]]></link><description><![CDATA[As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of studies a dull brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isaiah 551 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Isaiah 551 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a great day for B.C. and, in particular, a great day for health care, ... We are saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35508]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a great day for B.C. and, in particular, a great day for health care, ... We are saying big tobacco has to be held to account.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've already started to look into safety at the port. We're talking to people over there to see if they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31772]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've already started to look into safety at the port. We're talking to people over there to see if they have everything they need from a security perspective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2068]]></link><description><![CDATA[By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41790]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all going to decline within a decade of each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If operating systems are weapons, Solaris is a world-war-two German railway gun with a cracked breech block. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57114]]></link><description><![CDATA[If operating systems are weapons, Solaris is a world-war-two German railway gun with a cracked breech block.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57114</guid></item></channel></rss>