<?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[Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A brute without a single redeeming point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A brute without a single redeeming point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband was very enthusiastic, and my children are all investing. They have done some work with stock themselves because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36433]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband was very enthusiastic, and my children are all investing. They have done some work with stock themselves because of our interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said ''Box about: twill come to my father anon.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11375]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky;  Not half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky;  Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,   When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great surprise to get these players back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39614]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great surprise to get these players back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. -Measure for Measure. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55384]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58172]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get my wayI don't believe in soft solutionsNo one makes a fool of meWithout receiving retributionNo one hurts me and goes freeI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downI've heard it said, to err is humanIt's forgiveness that's divineI thought about forgiving you, butI want revenge, I want what's mineI think it's time to settle scores nowIt's time to set the record straightYou'll know it's coming, you won't know howOr when, you'll have to watch and waitI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downYou know, it feels intoxicatingTo be intimidatingIt's invigoratingTo see you shakingI've got the power to bring you downYou know something, you see it coming, You know I will stop at nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a correlation between top-scoring laws and the quality of the charter environment in that state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37536]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a correlation between top-scoring laws and the quality of the charter environment in that state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12745]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4073]]></link><description><![CDATA[These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If producers are thinking about planting corn rootworm-resistant corn, they will first want to make sure their buyer is willing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32134]]></link><description><![CDATA[If producers are thinking about planting corn rootworm-resistant corn, they will first want to make sure their buyer is willing to buy that corn. You wouldn't want to plant corn rootworm corn without checking with them because it doesn't so much matter what the European Union wants, what really matters is what your buyer wants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cordial agreement which exists between the governments of France and Great Britain. [Fr., La cordiale entente qui existe entre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cordial agreement which exists between the governments of France and Great Britain. [Fr., La cordiale entente qui existe entre le gouvernement francais et celui de la Grande-Bretagne.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29449]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able to achieve the noble feelings of friendship and love.Patience will make the banquet of life ever so much more resplendent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965  As we look out upon history and the world, it is with the same vision of all things in Christ which dominates the perceptions of all believers, without distinction of age, or race, or Church. Not a saint, a thinker, a hero, or a martyr of the Church, but we claim a share in his character, influence and achievements, by confessing the debt we owe to the great tradition which he has enriched by saintly consecration, true thought, or noble conduct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20577]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16560]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[extremely sensitive to variation and can result in different ratings in the same vehicle, such as when one has leather-covered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28665]]></link><description><![CDATA[extremely sensitive to variation and can result in different ratings in the same vehicle, such as when one has leather-covered seats and the other has cloth-covered seats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55117]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was not a greater gourmand living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50518]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was not a greater gourmand living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.(on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.(on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4249]]></link><description><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47943]]></link><description><![CDATA[So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!   - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was the one who was helping him out. But I guess he heard from somebody that I told Coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was the one who was helping him out. But I guess he heard from somebody that I told Coach not to play him in Game 3. It wasn't like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if her were rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15959]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if her were rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical education is not completed at the medical school, it is only begun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medical education is not completed at the medical school, it is only begun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27607</guid></item></channel></rss>