<?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[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul wanders freely from the truth of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very happy with the document that the seven states have agreed on, and we're optimistic that the Department of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40443]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very happy with the document that the seven states have agreed on, and we're optimistic that the Department of Interior will adopt the states' position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the very thing that makes it a unique and special place. That's just as true of the Net.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33674]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965]]></link><description><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is. . -C.G. Jung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12628]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true before   Prove false again? Two hundred more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempt not a desperate man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempt not a desperate man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The balance of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The balance of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15612]]></link><description><![CDATA[A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy's will is the wind's will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61600]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy's will is the wind's will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives ill, feare followes him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course we have always had good players technically but in recent years we have not been able to convert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course we have always had good players technically but in recent years we have not been able to convert that talent into international success,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of theengine inside of me which is pounding, saying, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of theengine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "keep going, someonemust be on top, why not you?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then my dial goes not true; I look this lark for a bunting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then my dial goes not true; I look this lark for a bunting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family and country such as the individual, honor and religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that seekes trouble never misses. [He that seeks trouble never misses.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49391]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that seekes trouble never misses. [He that seeks trouble never misses.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46334]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that riseth first, is first drest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49390]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that riseth first, is first drest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27910]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where we've gotten mixed up is that we believe actions follow belief. But experience creates belief.. N. Smith -Rev Cecil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where we've gotten mixed up is that we believe actions follow belief. But experience creates belief.. N. Smith -Rev Cecil Williams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and your right back. We did a lot of that stuff today and it worked well for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269]]></link><description><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the panting flocks remove;   Ye gods! and is there no relief for love?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple. -The Two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55332]]></link><description><![CDATA[O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that sends a foole expects one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49392]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that sends a foole expects one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2323]]></link><description><![CDATA[They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24499]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54929]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made difference? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrible he rode alone, With his yemen sword for aid;  Ornament it carried none   But the notches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terrible he rode alone, With his yemen sword for aid;  Ornament it carried none   But the notches on the blade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14471]]></link><description><![CDATA[When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many ways, we're just the friendly neighbor next door lending a hand to someone whose own friendly neighbors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40758]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many ways, we're just the friendly neighbor next door lending a hand to someone whose own friendly neighbors are too far away to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52954</guid></item></channel></rss>