<?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[Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15224]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as soon as you see a finer morality, the grosser becomes relatively immoral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18895]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you look out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!  Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with steel,   The blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52430]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12262]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues. [Lat., Pietas fundamentum est omnium virtutum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues. [Lat., Pietas fundamentum est omnium virtutum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accusations of genocide are a very sensitive issue and we are attempting to deal with it as such. The accusations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accusations of genocide are a very sensitive issue and we are attempting to deal with it as such. The accusations are made against the Ottoman regime and are no reflection on the modern Turkish state or Turkish people. I have met to discuss the issue with a range of representatives from the Turkish community and agreed to host a seminar for them to present their view on this period of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been hard to fit Scott in, but we are aware of his record and I'm sure he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41904]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been hard to fit Scott in, but we are aware of his record and I'm sure he will do very well for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23466]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live and Let Live Meat Market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live and Let Live Meat Market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from? [Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from? [Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43438]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument; for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35230]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was one of the best Council Bluffs soccer seasons. This year will be new and different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9089]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A report to the Security Council initiates a chain of events... that breed tension and add volatility to an already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A report to the Security Council initiates a chain of events... that breed tension and add volatility to an already vulnerable political situation in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so happy. I'm going to United States. I'm not going to have anymore problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so happy. I'm going to United States. I'm not going to have anymore problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28931</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[Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find furniture, start writing grants, contact the IRS about our public charitable status, and get with the state about our tax-exempt status. We ended up going around Methodist Hospital to offices that were vacant at the time to make phone calls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48590]]></link><description><![CDATA[They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, but He did finish the work which Gad gave Him to do. The only alternative to frustration is to be sure that we are doing what God wants. Nothing substitutes for knowing that this day, this hour, in this place, we are doing the will of the Father. Then and only then can we think of all the other unfinished tasks with equanimity and leave them with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51237]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss   I carried from thee dear; and my true lip    Hath virgined it e'er since.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39721]]></link><description><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had to get out of that for a while. It was as good a start was we wanted for the first five minutes. Then we gave up a foul here and a foul there and put them to the free throw line. The Stinson girl is tough, she was hitting free throws. All of them are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thread breakes, where it is weakest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thread breakes, where it is weakest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14071]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have merely sold you what was already your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479</guid></item></channel></rss>