<?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[There is a communion with God that asks for nothing, yet asks for everything... He who seeks the Father more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8172]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a communion with God that asks for nothing, yet asks for everything... He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48182]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we've proposed is the result of many months of work and feedback from hundreds of people in San Diego ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37897]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we've proposed is the result of many months of work and feedback from hundreds of people in San Diego County.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abilene is a good team, and they beat us. We made some mistakes, and they took advantage of them like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abilene is a good team, and they beat us. We made some mistakes, and they took advantage of them like a good team will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In native worth and honour clad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62330]]></link><description><![CDATA[In native worth and honour clad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail   Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965]]></link><description><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God helps those who help themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19173]]></link><description><![CDATA[God helps those who help themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[very significant and an historic statement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30120]]></link><description><![CDATA[very significant and an historic statement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming gains a loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gaming gains a loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is?  'Tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14065]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is?  'Tis doubt, my Postumus, he that doth smell   So sweetly always, smells not very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56093]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with 't. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[as we have said all along, the company is not spinning off AOL, but is focused on returning AOL to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34166]]></link><description><![CDATA[as we have said all along, the company is not spinning off AOL, but is focused on returning AOL to a growth track.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know how important this is to the individual and we're trying to work with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know how important this is to the individual and we're trying to work with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think the juggernaut will just roll on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think the juggernaut will just roll on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19454]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty. [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty. [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am from Massachusetts, The land of the sacred cod,  There the Adamses snub the Abootts   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59382]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am from Massachusetts, The land of the sacred cod,  There the Adamses snub the Abootts   And the Cabots walk with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55403]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers face to face, friends side by side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers face to face, friends side by side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16902</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[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30270]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25828]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8235]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   Are but gigantic flights of stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51163]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big results require big ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big results require big ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3513]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All new construction in Cedar City is in danger of being stopped in prairie dog habitat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All new construction in Cedar City is in danger of being stopped in prairie dog habitat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure -- if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure -- if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57433]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44825</guid></item></channel></rss>