<?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[Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33512]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a good way to get a point but a bad way to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's going to be vital to us. She kept us in games last year, and she should have had more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40957]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's going to be vital to us. She kept us in games last year, and she should have had more wins. But we just couldn't give it to her. Our problem was that we couldn't put the nail in the coffin because we couldn't score enough runs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really uncharted territory in terms of how you do these things. We're very pleased with how well they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really uncharted territory in terms of how you do these things. We're very pleased with how well they're functioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of every hole in the Cosmos hunting for the Absolute Cheese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19393]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopicallythin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21303]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopicallythin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the mostgigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a blush In the midst of brown was born,  Like red poppies grown with corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a blush In the midst of brown was born,  Like red poppies grown with corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is the best garden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49891]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is the best garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so. [Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so. [Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the theory that decides what can be observed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44805]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the theory that decides what can be observed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who fails to plan, plans to fail ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46658]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who fails to plan, plans to fail]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,  This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,  This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,   Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure--and for such a tomb might be content ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13220]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure--and for such a tomb might be content to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president's most solemn responsibility is to protect the American people. He is committed to doing everything in his lawful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33036]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president's most solemn responsibility is to protect the American people. He is committed to doing everything in his lawful power to prevent attack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo  Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9039]]></link><description><![CDATA[The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31558]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She didn't ask for this. It was a public safety issue and she just wanted to eliminate any perception of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36578]]></link><description><![CDATA[She didn't ask for this. It was a public safety issue and she just wanted to eliminate any perception of an ethical breach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15570]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passed by the row of meats at the Safewayand was afraid to buyWall St Journal reporter on the Diane ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passed by the row of meats at the Safewayand was afraid to buyWall St Journal reporter on the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their feet. They're not so much singing along, unless they know the words and then they get started.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15706]]></link><description><![CDATA[An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the mirror of the heavens, not as it is: because that even we, though the well beloved of thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. He looked through the lattice of our flesh and he spake us fair, yea, he set us on fire, and we hasten on his scent. But when he shall appear, then shall we be like him, for we shall see him as he is: as he is, Lord, will our sight be, though the time be not yet.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 19, 1996 Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  Many we have who plead themselves to be Christians. This might be allowed them, would they not do such things as the Christian religion abhors. But this is the least part of their claim. They will also be the only Christians, all others who differ from them -- however so falsely called -- being only a drove of unbelievers, hastening unto hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like summer tempest came her tears: Sweet my child, I live for thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like summer tempest came her tears: Sweet my child, I live for thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52393]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They pressed us t he whole game and we knew what we needed to do against it; we just didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31283]]></link><description><![CDATA[They pressed us t he whole game and we knew what we needed to do against it; we just didn't do it. Turnovers hurt us. They took advantage and played a very up-tempo style. This game was a good measuring stick to show how far we need to go to make ourselves equally as good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55237]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens. -Elizabeth Berg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These paintings originally were painted for people who just wanted to relax and escape the realities of their world, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41235]]></link><description><![CDATA[These paintings originally were painted for people who just wanted to relax and escape the realities of their world, like pollution and overpopulation. And they still offer us a tremendous escape. They're really just luscious paintings. There's nothing that can substitute for art that is about sensuality and beauty, and that's what we're offering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30004]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We wanted the bragging rights, but we all were looking forward to this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worship and birth to me are known By look, by bearing, and by tone,  Not by furred robe, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worship and birth to me are known By look, by bearing, and by tone,  Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42736]]></link><description><![CDATA[And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42736</guid></item></channel></rss>