<?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 main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James L. Fisher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She stood breast-high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,  Like the sweetheart of the sun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58293]]></link><description><![CDATA[She stood breast-high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,  Like the sweetheart of the sun,   Who many a glowing kiss had won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They gave me their name, which was fake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30498]]></link><description><![CDATA[They gave me their name, which was fake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight.   - Thomas Percy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56259]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight.   - Thomas Percy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it Cry 'No recovery.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48205]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it Cry 'No recovery.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23224]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nobler the blood the less the pride ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2477]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nobler the blood the less the pride]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This just sort of adds insult to injury, in many respects. They're trying to get Pascagoula up and running, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37552]]></link><description><![CDATA[This just sort of adds insult to injury, in many respects. They're trying to get Pascagoula up and running, and then this gets whacked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done! -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55801]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done! -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nursing home and hospital share the dining room, but that's all. We are in space that was vacant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nursing home and hospital share the dining room, but that's all. We are in space that was vacant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1777]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many are called but few get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many are called but few get up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The contests of disputing friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21726]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in theintroduction of a new order of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788 I know Thee, Saviour, Who Thou art: Jesus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788 I know Thee, Saviour, Who Thou art: Jesus, the feeble sinner's friend! Nor wilt Thou with the night depart, But stay and love me to the end. Thy mercies never shall remove; Thy nature and Thy name is Love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39101]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49371]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian should participate in social and political efforts in order to have an influence in the work, not with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian should participate in social and political efforts in order to have an influence in the work, not with the hope of making a paradise (of the earth), but simply to make it more tolerable -- not to diminish the opposition between this world and the Kingdom of God, but simply to modify the opposition between the disorder of this world and the order of preservation that God wants it to have -- not to bring in the Kingdom of God, but so that the Gospel might be proclaimed in order that all men might truly hear the good news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50419]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;   But if thou want it, buy it not too deare    Many affecting wit beyond their power,     Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21685]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A banquet will be held for the kids at the Jewett Sportsmen Club in the evening so they can share ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40120]]></link><description><![CDATA[A banquet will be held for the kids at the Jewett Sportsmen Club in the evening so they can share experiences. There will be someone to do the meat processing at a reduced cost. If they do not have use for the deer, it will donated to a local food pantry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the laughter of the new-born child On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the laughter of the new-born child On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59162]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268]]></link><description><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and so full of pain!   Forever and forever shalt thou be    To some the gravestone of a dead delight,     To some the landmark of a new domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also nothing in the state law that controls what a private landowner can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry withme, for every man is amirror. We see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry withme, for every man is amirror. We see only ourselves reflected inthose around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of ourown. The whole world and its condition has its counter parts within usall. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world willchange.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to get there early...I suggest you wait a week or so, the interest will fade and you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38292]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to get there early...I suggest you wait a week or so, the interest will fade and you should be able to attend. I appreciate your interest in our nation's justice system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24748</guid></item></channel></rss>