<?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[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to overcome it by means of natural association or emotional or spiritual union. There is no way from one person to another. However loving and sympathetic we try to be, however sound our psychology however frank and open our behaviour we cannot penetrate the incognito of the other man, for there are no direct relationships, not even between soul and soul. Christ stands between us, and we can only get into touch with our neighbors through Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What plant we in this apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs  To load the May-wind's restless wings, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2940]]></link><description><![CDATA[What plant we in this apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs  To load the May-wind's restless wings,   When, from the orchard-row, he pours    Its fragrance through our open doors;     A world of blossoms for the bee,      Flowers for the sick girl's silent room,       For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,        We plant with the apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to make a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50999]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to make a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send them into everlasting Coventry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Send them into everlasting Coventry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52501]]></link><description><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64278]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! nature's noblest gift--my gray-goose quill! Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,  Torn from thy parent-bird to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! nature's noblest gift--my gray-goose quill! Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,  Torn from thy parent-bird to form a pen,   That might instrument of little men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11353]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs are fine in the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs are fine in the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination of man's innate impulse to violence, only by recourse to violence, the very thing they are called upon to prevent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Erin first rose from the dark-swelling flood, God blessed the green island, he saw it was good.  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23043]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Erin first rose from the dark-swelling flood, God blessed the green island, he saw it was good.  The Emerald of Europe, it sparkled and shone   In the ring of this world, the most precious stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53523]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26554]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42788]]></link><description><![CDATA[A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy;  Is it less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42744]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy;  Is it less strange the prodigal should waste   His wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20361]]></link><description><![CDATA[As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidelines simply aren't enough to keep us safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guidelines simply aren't enough to keep us safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21176]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another. [Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another. [Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls do not win bull fights. People do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57513</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[There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42817]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before it arrives! [Lat., Nil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere. Quae ista dementia est, malum suum antecedere!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, "What's in it for me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world. [Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world. [Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still think it's probably recognized as one of the most socially progressive courts in the country. It has instincts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35080]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still think it's probably recognized as one of the most socially progressive courts in the country. It has instincts to protect the poor and the powerless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29848]]></link><description><![CDATA[By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64536]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060]]></link><description><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service ofothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21100]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service ofothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;  And they'll opine they feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;  And they'll opine they feel the pain   And blows they felt, to-day, again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15500</guid></item></channel></rss>