<?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[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sure care 's an enemy to life. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sure care 's an enemy to life. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now the only thing that will beat us is ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now the only thing that will beat us is ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the things that truly matter beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace arise from beyond the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63007]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the things that truly matter beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace arise from beyond the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26040]]></link><description><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got an invested interest in the school system having three kids in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got an invested interest in the school system having three kids in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and the StorkA farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and the StorkA farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life. Pray save me, Master, he said, and let me go free this once. My broken limb should excite your pity. Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers-- they are not the least like those of a Crane.  The Farmer laughed aloud and said, It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company. Birds of a feather flock together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Finally, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Finally, what do we mean by the word "true"? How do we distinguish real Truth from human notions and ideas and opinions and doctrines? We are compelled to say that the word "true" means "grounded in reality, based on the real nature of things, on the basic facts which underlie the universe." Hence, if people say -- as many have said -- that the moral ideals set out in the gospels are high and noble ideals, and express admiration for the moral character of Jesus, and stop there, not daring to affirm more than that, the answer they are giving to the Question, "Is the Gospel true?", is No.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28580]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22012]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60209]]></link><description><![CDATA[All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. [Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. [Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum  Quaerere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are entirely satisfied that Stephen's parachute was deliberately tampered with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32060]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are entirely satisfied that Stephen's parachute was deliberately tampered with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859]]></link><description><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is next akin to smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is next akin to smoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to help poor people is to not be one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22631]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to help poor people is to not be one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not consolation. It is light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not consolation. It is light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11380]]></link><description><![CDATA[For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school needs extra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school needs extra money or extra things, it doesn't matter how the kids perform. I think these schools need a lot more money and a lot more effort put into them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48855]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take a lot of pride in that. We have a big veteran group here. We've been working hard since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take a lot of pride in that. We have a big veteran group here. We've been working hard since Day 1 of training camp, and we are coming together. We are focusing on what needs to be done, and a lot of us understand that every week. We try to do our best to keep the old man on his feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's patience is infinite. Men, like small kettles, boil quickly with wrath at the least wrong. Not so God. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7030]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's patience is infinite. Men, like small kettles, boil quickly with wrath at the least wrong. Not so God. If God were as wrathful, the world would have been a heap of ruins long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66091]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are just very fortunate that, here in Minnesota, we have the greatest researchers and doctors working on this. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41747]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are just very fortunate that, here in Minnesota, we have the greatest researchers and doctors working on this. We couldn't ask for anything better from them and the Minnesota Twins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/116]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving the lives of children who have been born into lives of poverty, violence, and neglect, they could make a world shine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down aninvitation to dinner without giving an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down aninvitation to dinner without giving an excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True and genuine worship is when man, through his spirit attains to friendship and intimacy with God. True and genuine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7554]]></link><description><![CDATA[True and genuine worship is when man, through his spirit attains to friendship and intimacy with God. True and genuine worship is not to come to a certain place; it is not to go through a certain ritual or liturgy; it is not even to bring certain gifts. True worship is when the spirit, the immortal and invisible part of man, speaks to and meets with God, who is immortal and invisible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9716]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66498]]></link><description><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346</guid></item></channel></rss>