<?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[Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61143]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49988]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces   By plucking bon-mots from their places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those running East Stirlingshire need to be up front about what their plans are for the club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those running East Stirlingshire need to be up front about what their plans are for the club.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq has several sects, religions and nationalities so this list is the best choice for the Iraqis who realize that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraq has several sects, religions and nationalities so this list is the best choice for the Iraqis who realize that the voting for Iraq will achieve better security, ... The sectarianism will lead to sectarian fights, which has a beginning but no end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was something totally unique and I am not sure I've ever felt it since, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40850]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was something totally unique and I am not sure I've ever felt it since,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Man and DeathAn old man was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the faggots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Old Man and DeathAn old man was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the faggots to the city for sale one day, became very wearied with his long journey. He sat down by the wayside, and throwing down his load, besought Death to come. Death immediately appeared in answer to his summons and asked for what reason he had called him. The Old Man hurriedly replied, That, lifting up the load, you may place it again upon my shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  I would not favour a fiction to keep a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  I would not favour a fiction to keep a whole world out of hell. The hell that a lie would keep any man out of is doubtless the very best place for him to go to. It is truth... that saves the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17918]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/657]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16528]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't played in 10 days. We've been inside a lot and practiced our hitting. Defensively, we're a better team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39829]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't played in 10 days. We've been inside a lot and practiced our hitting. Defensively, we're a better team than that. It was nice to get out. We were rusty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19060]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53164]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many men, so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27003]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many men, so little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11031]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! pressed in the dance by another's man's knee?   What! panting recline on another than me?    Sir, she's yours; you have pressed from the grape its fine blue,     From the rosebud you've shaken the tremulous dew;      What you've touched you may take. Pretty waltzer--adieu!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men see things as they are and say why... I dream of things that never were and say why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men see things as they are and say why... I dream of things that never were and say why not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932 In the pure soul, whether it sing or pray, The Christ is born anew from day to day. The life that knoweth Him shall bide apart And keep eternal Christmas in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48617]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From error to error, one discovers the entire truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21569]]></link><description><![CDATA[From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50874]]></link><description><![CDATA[In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had my days. I had good support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had my days. I had good support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13047]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's been a very real structural shift, primarily in manufacturing employment, as a result of outsourcing and earlier capital investment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40334]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's been a very real structural shift, primarily in manufacturing employment, as a result of outsourcing and earlier capital investment that has increased productivity. They're making employment act differently in this upturn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And soon Their hushing dances languished to a stand,  Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62664]]></link><description><![CDATA[And soon Their hushing dances languished to a stand,  Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon,   All on their drooping stems they sink unfanned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is still not as fast as today's silicon chips, but we can make it orders of magnitude better. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38298]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is still not as fast as today's silicon chips, but we can make it orders of magnitude better. We have a very clear picture of how to move on. Developing the first car is much harder than making a car that can go faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3691]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late to give someone a a second chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late to give someone a a second chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was some very good competition there from all over Sacramento, and Randall did a good job. The kid ahead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34005]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was some very good competition there from all over Sacramento, and Randall did a good job. The kid ahead of him was one of best throwers in his area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33286</guid></item></channel></rss>