<?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[They're not to be contiguous to metro areas, because those [towns] are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39919]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not to be contiguous to metro areas, because those [towns] are different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9278]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35319]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste without a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56371]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14976]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand--the habit of mind which theologians call--and rightly--faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is simply another way of doing things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1279]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is simply another way of doing things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19007]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like Jesus being lifted up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like Jesus being lifted up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand the court's review. So they retreated, making it a private handshake deal between the two of them. As a result, it won't be enforceable in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53947]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22390]]></link><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,  Is always happy, reign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16614]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,  Is always happy, reign whoever may,   And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14145]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we going to build a house without doors and windows, or are we going to put doors and windows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are we going to build a house without doors and windows, or are we going to put doors and windows in the dang thing so it can be used?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. -Timothy Leary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. -Timothy Leary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom and equality. He defended the rights of Palestinians, their freedom and independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16358]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth; it's the funniest joke in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28063]]></link><description><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth; it's the funniest joke in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.  [Ger., Ein edler ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44575]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.  [Ger., Ein edler Mensch zieht edle Menschen an,   Und weiss sie fest zu halten, wie ihr thut.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and me: A little while and we shall be - Please God -- where there is no more sea    Nor barren wilderness. Heaven overarches you and me,   And all earth's gardens and her braves.  Look up with me, until we see  The day break and the shadows flee.  What though to-night wrecks you and me,     If so to-morrow saves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimaeras dire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimaeras dire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain traders in gas and kerosene have tried to increase fuel prices.... The prices of liquefied gas and kerosene should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain traders in gas and kerosene have tried to increase fuel prices.... The prices of liquefied gas and kerosene should stay at the same level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had her for two more years. Well, almost two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had her for two more years. Well, almost two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497]]></link><description><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is no time for staring about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51833]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is no time for staring about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're an Italian family, so that is good. She makes it very easy to be a guest in our home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30496]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're an Italian family, so that is good. She makes it very easy to be a guest in our home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12599]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61941]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314</guid></item></channel></rss>