<?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[Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27290]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wish to be well is a part of becoming well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18912]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remaining over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47160]]></link><description><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss of freedom. That does not prevent these from being two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do no benevolences whose first benefit is not for ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do no benevolences whose first benefit is not for ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42173]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to do as good as this next year. I'm going to go out, try my hardest and keep that same mind frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they raise 25 basis points and sound worried about inflation the market may get demoralized, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37907]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they raise 25 basis points and sound worried about inflation the market may get demoralized,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine unlocks the breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine unlocks the breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2800]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hear it a lot - my 14-year-old daughter loves your network. I don't watch it, but it's really for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35276]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hear it a lot - my 14-year-old daughter loves your network. I don't watch it, but it's really for her. We're trying to break that perception, because obviously our median age is not 14.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a disaster ready to happen again. Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30301]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a disaster ready to happen again. Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys who are the big names so important?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In talking to the guys elected, several of them were emotional about it. Many of them said this would probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38784]]></link><description><![CDATA[In talking to the guys elected, several of them were emotional about it. Many of them said this would probably be the highest honor they would achieve in their careers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on: Lady, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55740]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on: Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her honeymoon, and that's priceless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, don't do it halfway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49634]]></link><description><![CDATA[More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2689]]></link><description><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whinning about for years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36370]]></link><description><![CDATA[(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that they are in heaven, ... and I know that that's why this movement is growing because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that they are in heaven, ... and I know that that's why this movement is growing because we have tens of thousands of angels behind us that are supporting us, that are saying, 'Well, you know we died and that was really crappy, but we hope that our deaths are going to make the world a better place,' and it's up to us to make sure that it does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearer the church, the further from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearer the church, the further from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman, amends may never come to late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman, amends may never come to late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is not yet over and hundreds of thousands of people still urgently need to be reached. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is not yet over and hundreds of thousands of people still urgently need to be reached.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They don't have many issues left, but they cannot predict an agreement will be made by (Friday) morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41262]]></link><description><![CDATA[They don't have many issues left, but they cannot predict an agreement will be made by (Friday) morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18126]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young gentleman, according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of learning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young gentleman, according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of learning, is indeed deceased; or, as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33663]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it would still be a prudent discussion for the minority leader to have with Mr. Condit, ... It can very well be that one would want to err on the side of prudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36288]]></link><description><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because it's there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because it's there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that accumulation of negative stuff really sunk into the minds of people. And these are the people who serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42058]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that accumulation of negative stuff really sunk into the minds of people. And these are the people who serve on juries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13151]]></link><description><![CDATA[God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63916]]></link><description><![CDATA[In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63916</guid></item></channel></rss>