<?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[Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56571]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;  It is the hour when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14250]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;  It is the hour when lovers' vows   Seem sweet in every whispered word;    And gentle winds, and waters near,     Make music to the lonely ear.      Each flower the dews have lightly wet,       And in the sky the stars are met,        And on the wave is deeper blue,         And on the leaf a browner hue,          And in the heaven that clear obscure,           So softly dark, and darkly pure.            Which follows the decline of day,             As twilight melts beneath the moon away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At risk, there is the Bank of Italy and the economy minister, who could end up resigning on the eve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35811]]></link><description><![CDATA[At risk, there is the Bank of Italy and the economy minister, who could end up resigning on the eve of the 2006 budget,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership does not depend on being right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership does not depend on being right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer opens the understanding to the brightness of Divine Light, and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer opens the understanding to the brightness of Divine Light, and the will to the warmth of Heavenly Love -- nothing can so effectually purify the mind from its many ignorances, or the will from its perverse affections. It is as a healing water which causes the roots of our good desires to send forth fresh shoots, which washes away the soul's imperfections, and allays the thirst of passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee begins to die, that quits his desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep my calendar open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18626]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is to be preferred before justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is to be preferred before justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28167]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33124]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42215]]></link><description><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53468]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11169]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is always afraid of change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is always afraid of change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18229]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4288]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek joy in what you give not in what you get ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek joy in what you give not in what you get]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27126]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me, shepherds, have you seen My Flora pass this way?  In shape and feature Beauty's queen,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me, shepherds, have you seen My Flora pass this way?  In shape and feature Beauty's queen,   In pastoral array.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20110]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53168]]></link><description><![CDATA[As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking on of another body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48494]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. [Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus  Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/249]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly affected by the hurricane. Last year, they had 60 stores in the path of major hurricanes, and it affected earnings by about a penny. At least with respect to the hurricanes, it should be less (of an impact) than what happened last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the United States, I'm a bum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43656]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the United States, I'm a bum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21296]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57977]]></link><description><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57977</guid></item></channel></rss>