<?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[The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63211]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36376]]></link><description><![CDATA[One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again;  The moving mountains hear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56465]]></link><description><![CDATA[But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again;  The moving mountains hear the powerful call.   And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19414]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209   The words "divine service" should be reassigned and no longer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209   The words "divine service" should be reassigned and no longer used for attending church, but only for good deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52158]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.   ... Blaise Pascal July 29, 2000 Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord   The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/368]]></link><description><![CDATA[If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20308]]></link><description><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In naked beauty more adorned More lovely than Pandora. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2750]]></link><description><![CDATA[In naked beauty more adorned More lovely than Pandora.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13218]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43679]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me;  Hatching my tender heart so long, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me;  Hatching my tender heart so long,   Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We found that producers who had planted Bt corn that controls European corn borer in 2003 were significantly more likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32138]]></link><description><![CDATA[We found that producers who had planted Bt corn that controls European corn borer in 2003 were significantly more likely to plant corn rootworm corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They needed a school teacher to organize things, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37757]]></link><description><![CDATA[They needed a school teacher to organize things,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50362]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4529]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of sovereign parts he is esteem'd; Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms: Nothing becomes him ill that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of sovereign parts he is esteem'd; Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms: Nothing becomes him ill that he would well. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. -Benjamin Disraeli.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58183]]></link><description><![CDATA[If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate is the death of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debate is the death of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, I would love to have everyone go. Everybody deserves to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, I would love to have everyone go. Everybody deserves to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and our mission is never to let it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51001</guid></item></channel></rss>