<?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 best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16246]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,   An alligator stuffed, and other skins    Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves     A beggarly account of boxes,      Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,       Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses        Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threatened folk live long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Threatened folk live long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66745]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the smallest of the majors, and they have an automotive-market niche, and some people think that's extremely attractive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42676]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the smallest of the majors, and they have an automotive-market niche, and some people think that's extremely attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,  And bitter shame ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,  And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,   That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever they recommend, he will do. Nobody ordered him to do it. He did it on his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever they recommend, he will do. Nobody ordered him to do it. He did it on his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His cares must still be double to his joys,   In any dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31091]]></link><description><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do you think?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66218]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate women because they always know where things are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate women because they always know where things are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give. -Damien Hess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives to us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives to us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53207]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half was frustrating. We definitely didn't match their intensity, but we certainly did in the second half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39212]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half was frustrating. We definitely didn't match their intensity, but we certainly did in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a close friend of the Transportation Minister and this makes my work easier, ... Otherwise my business would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a close friend of the Transportation Minister and this makes my work easier, ... Otherwise my business would have been much slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not what they seem.Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art; to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,  Not to return; or if it did, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17843]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,  Not to return; or if it did, in visits   Like those of angels, short and far between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25256]]></link><description><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16560]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to serve more aggressive. We work very hard on serving every day in practice. If we back off, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33813]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to serve more aggressive. We work very hard on serving every day in practice. If we back off, especially against good teams, they will pound away on us. We want to make the other team work hard to pick up our serve. We don't want to make it easy to hit the ball back at us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716]]></link><description><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you. -Charlie Brown to Snoopy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47545]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by some trifling performance. A carpet knight.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48532]]></link><description><![CDATA[To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6597]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no God, and the foundation of our nature is seditious, impious, refractory, opposed to and contemptuous of all that tries to rule it, and therefore contrary to order, ungovernable and negative. It is this foundation which Christianity calls the natural man. But the savage which is within us, and constitutes the primitive stuff of us, must be disciplined and civilized in order to produce a man. And the man must be patiently cultivated to produce a wise man; and the wise man must be tested and tried if he is to become righteous, and the righteous man must have substituted the will of God for his individual will, if he is to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has a family member or knows somebody who's been locked up, who's been murdered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has a family member or knows somebody who's been locked up, who's been murdered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44163]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56165]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better fed than taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better fed than taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018</guid></item></channel></rss>