<?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[O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51123]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man delights not me--nor woman neither, though, by your smiling you seem to say so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man delights not me--nor woman neither, though, by your smiling you seem to say so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66048]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17492]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to meet its obligation to revise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39779]]></link><description><![CDATA[As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to meet its obligation to revise energy-efficiency standards for common appliances calls out for prompt action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the past decade, Afghanistan has been the principal source of international terrorism, religious extremism, international drug trafficking and organized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, Afghanistan has been the principal source of international terrorism, religious extremism, international drug trafficking and organized crime in this region,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live an idle burden to the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20335]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live an idle burden to the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison eith this order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8737]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No other success can compensate for failure in the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60232]]></link><description><![CDATA[No other success can compensate for failure in the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Serv. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56082]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Serv.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56082</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[Life is made up of interruptions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up of interruptions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, our baby was coming along. We had no family in America at the time, so every time I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29589]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, our baby was coming along. We had no family in America at the time, so every time I missed a cut or was close to making a cut, I wasn't even thinking about the cut. I was thinking of going back to my wife and taking care of her. As soon as the baby came along, I started doing well again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of progress and improvement, but conservatories of tradition and unvarying modes of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Death! O Change! O Time! Without you, O! the insufferable eyes  Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,   These ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45675]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Death! O Change! O Time! Without you, O! the insufferable eyes  Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,   These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3770]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our new HD4000U brings widescreen imaging to business and professional environments to complement the latest presentation tools and laptops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our new HD4000U brings widescreen imaging to business and professional environments to complement the latest presentation tools and laptops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49789]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter.  We therefore deemed it meeter   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter.  We therefore deemed it meeter   To carry off the latter.   - Thomas Love Peacock,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old man in love is like a flower in winter ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10926]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old man in love is like a flower in winter]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music is as well, or better, able to praise Him than the building of a church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7749]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. He is always whispering to us, only we do not always hear, because of the noise, hurry, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obliged by hunger and request of friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obliged by hunger and request of friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. -Doris Mortman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. -Doris Mortman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49010]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well not making mistakes, living on the corners, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well not making mistakes, living on the corners,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;  For he, by geometric scale,   Could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24528]]></link><description><![CDATA[In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;  For he, by geometric scale,   Could take the size of pots of ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379]]></link><description><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn." --George Washington]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there are times when patience proves at fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45712]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there are times when patience proves at fault.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38673]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135]]></link><description><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up a combined 17 per cent from a year ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The screeners exhibited some eye irritation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The screeners exhibited some eye irritation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30623</guid></item></channel></rss>