<?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[Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't forthe government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21551]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't forthe government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48156]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the world we've found    Most meet to express the harmonious sound,     That calls to those in friendship bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63650]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7657]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am used to do so; I shall never do otherwise if I am left to myself'. If I fail not, then I give God thanks, acknowledging that the strength comes from Him.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always trolling for trivia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always trolling for trivia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61321]]></link><description><![CDATA[OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All his reverend wit Lies in his wardrobe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58574]]></link><description><![CDATA[All his reverend wit Lies in his wardrobe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56482]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inter-group contact and positive relationships across the generations seem to be an important mechanism for combating ageist stereotypes, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inter-group contact and positive relationships across the generations seem to be an important mechanism for combating ageist stereotypes,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of demand for this type of online content since there are a lot of people that want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42558]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of demand for this type of online content since there are a lot of people that want to see a scene or a movie, but don't want to pay the monthly fee for a site, so now they can get it on DVD.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really looked up to Jamie and Justin, because they paved the way for us as the up-and-coming U.S. team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29993]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really looked up to Jamie and Justin, because they paved the way for us as the up-and-coming U.S. team. It's an unbelievable accomplishment for Jamie to come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its trust, not in the living God but in dying men. The unbeliever denies the selfsufficiency of God and usurps attributes that are not his. This dual sin dishonors God and ultimately destroys the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look upon you as a gem of the old rock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2480]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2021]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good thing he's not still in office. You almost feel sorry for the guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good thing he's not still in office. You almost feel sorry for the guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26050]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23864]]></link><description><![CDATA[A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3001]]></link><description><![CDATA[All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the need for new hardware, administrator and end-user training, configuration and deployment of the new operating system, compatibility-testing, and possible re-engineering of application software,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In durance vile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48262]]></link><description><![CDATA[In durance vile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12353]]></link><description><![CDATA[To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three  Had Rome been growing up to might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three  Had Rome been growing up to might   And now was queen of land and sea.    No sound was heard of clashing wars,     Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain;      Apollo, Pallas, Jove and Mars,       Held undisturbed their ancient reign,        In the solemn midnight,         Centuries ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/759]]></link><description><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10823]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10823</guid></item></channel></rss>