<?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[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5750]]></link><description><![CDATA[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work ;we are in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61307]]></link><description><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44488]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odd instances of strange coincidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Odd instances of strange coincidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote, man of the people, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17384]]></link><description><![CDATA[GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote, man of the people, and reveal him to be a bit of a fat cat. Unlike the President who — as we all know — before attending Andover and Yale, was a Cockney matchstick girl dying of tuberculosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is harmful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is harmful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64034]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe, And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,  Surpassing common faith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe, And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,  Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52883]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These amendments open new horizons and give everyone the chance to participate in the political process and in the building ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36215]]></link><description><![CDATA[These amendments open new horizons and give everyone the chance to participate in the political process and in the building of the second Iraqi republic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the good and gentle; for this is a naturally pleasing to all, and everyone willingly enjoyeth peace, and loveth those best that agree with him. But to be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace, and a most commendable thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth spoken before its time is dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected without their owner's knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50015]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33458]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is past politics; and politics present history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19423]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is past politics; and politics present history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43989]]></link><description><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,   Survey our empire, and behold our home!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65070]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Long hair] is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55031]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Long hair] is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56003]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though 't were to buy a world of happy days. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the concerns that we would have would be whether it is accurate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32906]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the concerns that we would have would be whether it is accurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8990]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12557]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32982]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale market, or the price at the refineries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12594]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36797]]></link><description><![CDATA[One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33689]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, butyour dream will not. Responsibilities need not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, butyour dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need notobscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66580]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23767</guid></item></channel></rss>