<?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[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15077]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63776]]></link><description><![CDATA[How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate and direct the metabolism of your body -- the assimilation of foodstuff so that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know I met you, Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,  With all the tenderness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61879]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know I met you, Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,  With all the tenderness of wifely love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918]]></link><description><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where English minds and manners may be found,   Shall be constrained to love thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half as sober as a judge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half as sober as a judge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And quick his colour went and came, As fear and rage alternate rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51079]]></link><description><![CDATA[And quick his colour went and came, As fear and rage alternate rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64941]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is the surety of temperance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is the surety of temperance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64497]]></link><description><![CDATA[A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A parlous boy. -King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A parlous boy. -King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63328]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can do! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26381]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can do!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd rather have an empty apartment than a bad tenant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24677]]></link><description><![CDATA[A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit tanquam coda vituli.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every burned book enlightens the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every burned book enlightens the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swallow is come! The swallow is come!  O, fair are the seasons, and light   Are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swallow is come! The swallow is come!  O, fair are the seasons, and light   Are the days that she brings,    With her dusky wings,     And her bosom snowy white!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63897]]></link><description><![CDATA[No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44898]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every hill of flame   She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44374]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14760]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath out feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It came down really to a question of logistics. Having our coach and our training facility here in Michigan, this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It came down really to a question of logistics. Having our coach and our training facility here in Michigan, this just made much more sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny....']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32298]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688   After this it was noised abroad that Mr. Valiant-for-truth was taken with a summons by the same post as the other, and had this for a token that the summons was true, "That his pitcher was broken at the fountain." Eccl. 12:6. When he understood it, he called for his friends, and told them of it. Then said he, I am going to my Father's; and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be my rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went, he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" And as he went down deeper, he said, "Grave, where is thy victory?" 1 Cor. 15:55. So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7968</guid></item></channel></rss>