<?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[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One foote is better then two crutches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49691]]></link><description><![CDATA[One foote is better then two crutches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5001]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28057]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28176]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, so it drains a much larger upland area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57079]]></link><description><![CDATA[...most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51739]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25487]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39411]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain. [Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain. [Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22187]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They are not lacking ability but today they lacked application.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was very passionate about the Children's Clinic. She served on the Special Projects Committee that helped raise funds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37810]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was very passionate about the Children's Clinic. She served on the Special Projects Committee that helped raise funds for five years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35191]]></link><description><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a female, Katydid! I know it by the trill  That quivers through thy piercing notes   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a female, Katydid! I know it by the trill  That quivers through thy piercing notes   So petulant and shrill.    I think there is a knot of you     Beneath the hollow tree,      A knot of spinster Katydids,--       Do Katydids drink tea?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20620]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2741]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knows how to love but few people know how to stay in love with one person forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knows how to love but few people know how to stay in love with one person forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26174]]></link><description><![CDATA[No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23399]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as our social order regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53161]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as our social order regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will there be a vocation for the rebel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ISM manufacturing number was really stronger than expected. Obviously we've seen a sell-off in the U.S. bond market. As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ISM manufacturing number was really stronger than expected. Obviously we've seen a sell-off in the U.S. bond market. As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a "safe" code of conduct - one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone - for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative.  So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1362</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[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52220]]></link><description><![CDATA[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that diversity is important. Period, ... Diversity overall, whether (involving) various ethnicities, out-of-state students, international students, religions, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34447]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that diversity is important. Period, ... Diversity overall, whether (involving) various ethnicities, out-of-state students, international students, religions, we know all of those students bring something unique to IU.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19813</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[A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. It protects the property without obstructing the view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38303]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. It protects the property without obstructing the view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38303</guid></item></channel></rss>