<?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[The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34123]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A transcendent being can be any miracle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21505]]></link><description><![CDATA[A transcendent being can be any miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automakers are still cheap relative to their earnings outlook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Automakers are still cheap relative to their earnings outlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;  But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood,   And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood,    Till fell the first from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men,     And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland glade and glen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are oft to blame in this, 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage  And pious action we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20233]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are oft to blame in this, 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage  And pious action we do sugar o'er   The devil himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is no struggle there is no progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is no struggle there is no progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game's tomorrow at high noon. We know they'll be tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game's tomorrow at high noon. We know they'll be tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49103]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a big part of the team. It was tough on the girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38649]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a big part of the team. It was tough on the girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.  Pride still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.  Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,   Men would be angels, angels would be gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54238]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the corner from a major confrontation is not in doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselvesagainst the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21945]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselvesagainst the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925]]></link><description><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is zealous contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something terrible happens, and you might say, "God help us!", or "Jesus Christ!" -- the poor, crippled prayers that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something terrible happens, and you might say, "God help us!", or "Jesus Christ!" -- the poor, crippled prayers that are hidden in the minor blasphemies of people for whom in every sense God is dead, except that they still have to speak to him, if only through clenched teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3326]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60498]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16044]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563]]></link><description><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!   How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare,    As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills     The bowl between me and those distant hills,      And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here and there they are seen swimming in the vast flood. [Lat., Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here and there they are seen swimming in the vast flood. [Lat., Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate;  Gold does friendship separate;   Gold does civil wars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate;  Gold does friendship separate;   Gold does civil wars create.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him, ... does that mean we're not democratic? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28529]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him, ... does that mean we're not democratic?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59574</guid></item></channel></rss>