<?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[Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is under ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are very health conscious. Certainly I am and people are definitely into the organic health stuff because we all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31151]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are very health conscious. Certainly I am and people are definitely into the organic health stuff because we all want to live longer, stay healthy and enjoy life more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4705]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42700]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation. -King John. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55780]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe Robert who has tried it. [Lat., Experto crede Roberto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe Robert who has tried it. [Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22137]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36864]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win the Battle of Midway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17683]]></link><description><![CDATA[He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they run. [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19848]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they run. [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy delights in Joy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy delights in Joy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39195]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language Mr. Scruggs is contesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6924]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59706]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4040]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39206]]></link><description><![CDATA[While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with the strength of the soldier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24876]]></link><description><![CDATA[And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730   I have held many things in my hands, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730   I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Natural Clock-work by the might One Wound up at first, and ever since have gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Natural Clock-work by the might One Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result. [Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi vindicant potestates.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123</guid></item></channel></rss>