<?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[Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon agoal or goals which they really believe in, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon agoal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really committhemselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor ""royal road,"" to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38356]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor ""royal road,"" to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is rarely pure and never simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is rarely pure and never simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,   And they in France of the best rank and station    Are of a most select and generous chief in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23914]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45423]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hyperborean skies Embodied dark, what clouds of vandals rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56518]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hyperborean skies Embodied dark, what clouds of vandals rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1899]]></link><description><![CDATA[For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don't think there are any other conditions to free speech. I've got a right to say and believe anything I please, but I haven't got a right to press it on anybody else. .... Nobody's got a right to be a nuisance to his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23834]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35302]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is free who is not a master of himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46396]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is free who is not a master of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. -Mary Frances Berry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was warmer diving into the pool in Abu Dhabi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was warmer diving into the pool in Abu Dhabi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are concerned that for the United States, the key issue is oil; second, the war on terrorism; and only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30894]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are concerned that for the United States, the key issue is oil; second, the war on terrorism; and only third, democracy and human rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the complete package. Any coach would kill to have her on the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60052]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed that can make life a garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have become tools of their tools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have become tools of their tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vertue of a coward is suspition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vertue of a coward is suspition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40344]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything you have missed you have gained something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything you have missed you have gained something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: these signs indicate progress in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: these signs indicate progress in the practice of meditation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55413]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31854]]></link><description><![CDATA[He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This cat has been terrorizing people with cats. If you have a cat in your house this cat is trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32743]]></link><description><![CDATA[This cat has been terrorizing people with cats. If you have a cat in your house this cat is trying to get in your house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24283]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated into the mysteries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning is strength withheld. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning is strength withheld.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19208]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049]]></link><description><![CDATA[That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that it's important for the college environment and for the students to be exposed to the issues and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that it's important for the college environment and for the students to be exposed to the issues and opportunities the world has to offer. We could all stand to be educated and learn about different cultures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20655]]></link><description><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20655</guid></item></channel></rss>