<?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 no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2503]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the shifting clouds be what you please,   Or let the easily persuaded eyes    Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould     Of a friend's fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover,  Think 'tis the shade   By ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover,  Think 'tis the shade   By Victory made    Whose wings right o'er us hover!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56167]]></link><description><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before,   And closes from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5410]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh I kept the first for another dayYet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if should ever come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh I kept the first for another dayYet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if should ever come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see it as a trusted traveler program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see it as a trusted traveler program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3343]]></link><description><![CDATA[A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vow is a snare for sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vow is a snare for sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The town was given a pretty clear message that it needed a new site. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39679]]></link><description><![CDATA[The town was given a pretty clear message that it needed a new site.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56865]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to try to go to war, or to prepare for war, in a capitalist country, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61161]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to try to go to war, or to prepare for war, in a capitalist country, you have got to let business make money out of the process or business won't work. •Henry Lewis Stimson   War is like love, it always finds a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24614]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56165]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauteous Night lay dead Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star sickened and shrank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauteous Night lay dead Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star sickened and shrank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all the President's men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10400]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all the President's men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34290]]></link><description><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, and made significant progress in resolving the company's legal challenges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist  Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist  Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33726]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It can be tough, but we try to minimize the risk as best we can and still provide treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, I think we saw a team that had to change things around a bit. Not this week. And has started before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  Prayer is the preface to the book of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the test of the new life sermon; the girding on of armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rising world of waters dark and deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rising world of waters dark and deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17835]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue to search for more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've just got to go at them, like you've got no fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've just got to go at them, like you've got no fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47387]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40294]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28914]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be another Alex Rodriguez or better than him. This kid is coming up from Double-A. What he's doing is amazing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34511]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34511</guid></item></channel></rss>