<?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[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31819]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members of the Alameda County Police force stormed up the avenue toward them. The National Guard closed in from the other direction, and overhead, a helicopter [hovered over] the assembled group.] I thought, 'How did we come to this?' ... I witnessed what I thought was the hypocrisy of some of those protests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11491]]></link><description><![CDATA[And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48399]]></link><description><![CDATA[To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38400]]></link><description><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the gems of its production.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet I will look upon thy face again, My own romantic Bronx, and it will be  A face more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet I will look upon thy face again, My own romantic Bronx, and it will be  A face more pleasant than the face of men.   Thy waves are old companions, I shall see    A well remembered form in each old tree     And hear a voice long loved in thy wild minstrelsy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais bien voir la grimace qu'il fait a cette heure sur cet echafaud.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!   So, I was afraid!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,  For purple mountains majesties   Above the fruited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2395]]></link><description><![CDATA[O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,  For purple mountains majesties   Above the fruited plain.    America! America! God shed His grace on thee,     And crown thy good with brotherhood      From sea to shining sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14097]]></link><description><![CDATA[This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the benefit of the doctor--Stavo bene (was written on his monument) ma per star meglio, sto qui.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44111]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17243]]></link><description><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49541]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of the epidemiological risk of diabetes, this is by far the biggest finding to date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33058]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of the epidemiological risk of diabetes, this is by far the biggest finding to date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59760]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5797]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, and what is the legality?' I'd be comfortable relinquishing some privacy for security. The question is, where is the equilibrium point?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross   When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross   When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware of the fact that their competence in science does not give them a clue to the problem of how their science should be used in the service of man. The sensitive visitor to the mesas of Los Alamos is almost sure to meditate on the experience of that gifted man, Klaus Fuchs. Though his work in the laboratories was outstanding, his decision concerning the use of what he knew was disastrous. What if, in addition to his scientific competence, the younger Fuchs had shared something of the Christian conviction of his father, Emil Fuchs? Much of the subsequent history of our earth might then have been different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8737]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44449]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30859]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play has been man's most useful preoccupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/79]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/79</guid></item></channel></rss>