<?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 men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't played since last Friday and I think because of that we were a little bit sluggish. I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't played since last Friday and I think because of that we were a little bit sluggish. I am not pleased at all. Danville was tough on defense but we really didn't shoot well, especially in the first quarter. We weren't ready to play and we will have to increase our intensity to win this tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29269]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can benefit from our project. And we are really fortunate to have the backing of many of the local community groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've kind of been in denial about this problem. Denial is no longer an option. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30388]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've kind of been in denial about this problem. Denial is no longer an option.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43866]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that from their parallel decline,   More they proceed the more they still disjoin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wider health implication is that commonly used SSRI antidepressants, which target the uptake of serotonin into neurons, may also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wider health implication is that commonly used SSRI antidepressants, which target the uptake of serotonin into neurons, may also impact the uptake in immune cells.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61458]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/355]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64129]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19371]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did spot an opportunity in property at a time when the market was neglecting the sector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did spot an opportunity in property at a time when the market was neglecting the sector.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing is a rather amorphous body, though recognizable because it is headless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing is a rather amorphous body, though recognizable because it is headless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12596]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man is vile;    In vain with lavish kindness     The gifts of God are strown;      The heathen in his blindness       Bows down to wood and stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    My candle's out,     I've no more fire;--      For love of God       Open thy door!        [Fr., Au clair de la lune         Mon ami Pierrot,          Prete moi ta plume           Pour ecrire un mot;            Ma chandelle est morte,             Je n'ai plus de feu,              Ouvre moi ta porte,               Pour l'amour de Dieu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is courage at ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is courage at ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place their desires afar off, carry their accomplishment behind the clouds out of their sight, interpose difficulties and perplexities -- their hearts are instantly sick. They cannot wait for God; they do not trust Him, nor ever did. Would you have the presence of God with you? Learn to wait quietly for the salvation you expect from Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have big shoes to fill. As the defending state champions there are a lot of expectations on them. Defending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39943]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have big shoes to fill. As the defending state champions there are a lot of expectations on them. Defending the state title is not our focus. We want to develop chemistry, play well as a team and learn to compete. All that is going to prepare us for the toughest district in the state of Texas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26534]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52933]]></link><description><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it soaks the passer's feet!    How it rattles on the shutter!     How it rumples up the lawn!      How 'twill sigh, and moan, and mutter,       From darkness until dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26823]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smiling face is half the meal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smiling face is half the meal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the good and gentle; for this is a naturally pleasing to all, and everyone willingly enjoyeth peace, and loveth those best that agree with him. But to be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace, and a most commendable thing.  ... Thomas à Kempis July 25, 2000 Feast of James the Apostle  When Jesus calls his disciples "brothers" and "friends", he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56253]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards looks.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19774]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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