<?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[Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, The signet of its all-enslaving power  Upon a shining ore, and called ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, The signet of its all-enslaving power  Upon a shining ore, and called it gold;   Before whose image bow the vulgar great,    The vainly rich, the miserable proud,     The mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings,      And with blind feelings reverence the power       That grinds them to the dust of misery.        But in the temple of their hireling hearts         Gold is a living god, and rules in scorn          All earthly things but virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,  God's latest image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62626]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,  God's latest image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a morehumane society will not emerge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a morehumane society will not emerge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you really know the commissioners wishes unless we vote on something? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you really know the commissioners wishes unless we vote on something?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39731]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess of how bad it actually is ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â how bad, how long and how nobody knew about it, ... I don't think Democrats or Republicans win on this. It basically makes people detest Congress even more and deters voter turnout.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;  For, being not propped by ancestry, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;  For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace   Chalks successors their way, nor called upon    For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied     To eminent assistants, but spiderlike      Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note,       The force of his own merit makes his way,        A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys         A place next to the king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10220]]></link><description><![CDATA['My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2019]]></link><description><![CDATA[One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is nothing short of a huge coup to have the president come in right before the election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35087]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is nothing short of a huge coup to have the president come in right before the election.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the ink of our sweat we will find it yet, The song that is fit for men! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57218]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the ink of our sweat we will find it yet, The song that is fit for men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42411]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was one of those kids who did a lot of homework, and my favorite thing was reading, ... Both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was one of those kids who did a lot of homework, and my favorite thing was reading, ... Both my parents really valued public education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And soon Their hushing dances languished to a stand,  Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62664]]></link><description><![CDATA[And soon Their hushing dances languished to a stand,  Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon,   All on their drooping stems they sink unfanned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like the army. Everybody complains, but you'd be surprised at how many re-enlist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like the army. Everybody complains, but you'd be surprised at how many re-enlist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is more about reunification and repairing. But it's extremely urgent. If you're separated from your child in a supermarket ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34697]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is more about reunification and repairing. But it's extremely urgent. If you're separated from your child in a supermarket or department store for 10 minutes, it's something you never forget. Here are parents who are separated from their children for three weeks and don't know where they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8815]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, they are taking care of me. Thank God they were there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, they are taking care of me. Thank God they were there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To create an improved new habitat in a remote area where the prairie dog can thrive without any human interference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38594]]></link><description><![CDATA[To create an improved new habitat in a remote area where the prairie dog can thrive without any human interference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7463]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149]]></link><description><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; ere long she shall appear to vindicate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; ere long she shall appear to vindicate thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a conceptual point of view it makes sense, given that the companies have worked together in the past. Dean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34053]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a conceptual point of view it makes sense, given that the companies have worked together in the past. Dean seems to like big competitive metro markets. Gannett has an aversion to those, so it might make sense for the two to combine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy ignominy sleep with thee in the grave, But not remember'd in thy epitaph! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy ignominy sleep with thee in the grave, But not remember'd in thy epitaph! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23305]]></link><description><![CDATA[A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make the right jokes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live is nothing, unless to live be to know Him by whom we live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7021]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live is nothing, unless to live be to know Him by whom we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting method is to extrapolate the recent past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, “I want to see the manager.” ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65747]]></link><description><![CDATA[After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, “I want to see the manager.”]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It obviously makes a statement about status and the ability to afford it but I think it's also a spontaneous, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30544]]></link><description><![CDATA[It obviously makes a statement about status and the ability to afford it but I think it's also a spontaneous, celebratory thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula forfailure-which is: Try to please ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21967]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula forfailure-which is: Try to please everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51645]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide,  And tremble to be happy with the rest." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59456]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide,  And tremble to be happy with the rest."   And I make answer: "I am satisfied;    I dare not ask; I know not what is best;     God hath already said what shall betide."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4772</guid></item></channel></rss>