<?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[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking out at a certain point, with the likely result that it will leak out at some other point. Thus by denigrating prevailing beliefs and loyalties, the militant man of words unwittingly creates in the disillusioned masses a hunger for faith. For the majority of people cannot endure the barrenness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves. Thus, in spite of himself, the scoffing man of words becomes the precursor of a new faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57327]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9851]]></link><description><![CDATA[World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60845]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice -- that is, until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say, "I lost it.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54712]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of Chartres much too rough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widow and Her Little MaidensA widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Widow and Her Little MaidensA widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early in the morning, at cockcrow. The maidens, aggravated by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the cock who roused their mistress so early. When they had done this, they found that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles, for their mistress, no longer hearing the hour from the cock, woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39240]]></link><description><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that. . . you really must make the self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, "This is real, too."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little bit at which you persevere is better than a lot at which you are bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36722]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little bit at which you persevere is better than a lot at which you are bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2412]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may be humble out of pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20027]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may be humble out of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497]]></link><description><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have togo a little berserk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22708]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have togo a little berserk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who awaits much can expect little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22714]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who awaits much can expect little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5044]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37975]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave To tell us this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2788]]></link><description><![CDATA[There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave To tell us this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't ask, you don't get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1352]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't ask, you don't get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the sheriff to come in and enforce the law, enforce speeds, it has to be legally posted, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37732]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the sheriff to come in and enforce the law, enforce speeds, it has to be legally posted, and the rules have to be met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miniature like this would have been a love token. The braid of hair has a great deal of intimacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miniature like this would have been a love token. The braid of hair has a great deal of intimacy and personal significance for whomever would have owned this miniature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears the Scottish people have rejected separatism this evening. There was a fundamental choice -- an expensive and messy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears the Scottish people have rejected separatism this evening. There was a fundamental choice -- an expensive and messy divorce or the positive policies of Labour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our study, the women who were not previously exercising but then did what was out of the ordinary for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31788]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our study, the women who were not previously exercising but then did what was out of the ordinary for them, acute bursts of exercise, were at a slightly elevated risk of having sudden cardiac death while they exercised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. It does require bilateral discussions with another country, but we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. It does require bilateral discussions with another country, but we're cautiously looking at being there by the fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.  [Ger., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.  [Ger., Ein tag der Gunst ist wie ein Tag der Ernte,   Man muss geschaftig sein sobald sie reift.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every hero becomes a bore at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65055]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath  Was sweeter, in the blast of death,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath  Was sweeter, in the blast of death,   Than all the lavish fragrance of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60716</guid></item></channel></rss>