<?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[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The communities' response to our newsletter has been phenomenal. In less than 24 hours, we completely filled our (greeting) time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35444]]></link><description><![CDATA[The communities' response to our newsletter has been phenomenal. In less than 24 hours, we completely filled our (greeting) time slots at PTIA and gave out our entire supply of posters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2411]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The maxims of men reveal their characters. [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The maxims of men reveal their characters. [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5323]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311]]></link><description><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29752]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The false lapwynge, full of trecherye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52407]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15439]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nice man is a man of nasty ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5800]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/707]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13903]]></link><description><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12392]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spite of our hard work and the launch of [Asheron's Call 2 expansion pack] Legions, AC2 has reached the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37706]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of our hard work and the launch of [Asheron's Call 2 expansion pack] Legions, AC2 has reached the point where it no longer makes sense to continue the service. We will be officially closing the Asheron's Call 2 service on 12/30/05. Until then, we plan to run live events, but we will not be adding any content or features.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19904]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54595]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good wildlife management practices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and reluctance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is organised knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is organised knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignorethem long enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignorethem long enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17142]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that my greatest difficulty and the really most painful and difficult part of my work is draining and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30986]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that my greatest difficulty and the really most painful and difficult part of my work is draining and ridding my mind of that burden of meanings which I've absorbed through the culture-things that seem to have something to do with art but don't have anything to do with art at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't want rich people living off poor people who are selling body parts to stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35577]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't want rich people living off poor people who are selling body parts to stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28955]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66279]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54649]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  Invite us near thy face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29417]]></link><description><![CDATA[To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could be interpreted as offensive for one group or another is completely inappropriate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29417</guid></item></channel></rss>