<?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[A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24496]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Roman senate, when within The city walls an owl was seen,  Did cause their clergy, with lustrations  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Roman senate, when within The city walls an owl was seen,  Did cause their clergy, with lustrations   . . . .    The round-fac'd prodigy t' avert,     From doing town or country hurt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been an attitudinal shift in the railways. They are trying to respond to market needs, but there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31475]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been an attitudinal shift in the railways. They are trying to respond to market needs, but there is no denying the fact that the government of India is not able to invest in infrastructure in the way that China is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64583]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865   We must be willing to accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865   We must be willing to accept the bitter truth that, in the end, we may have to become a burden to those who love us. But it is necessary that we face this also. The full acceptance of our abjection and uselessness is the virtue that can make us and others rich in the grace of God. It takes heroic charity and humility to let others sustain us when we are absolutely incapable of sustaining ourselves. We cannot suffer well unless we see Christ everywhere, both in suffering and in the charity of those who come to the aid of our affliction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bent on self-sanctifying,-- That she never thought of trying  To save her poor husband as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61869]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bent on self-sanctifying,-- That she never thought of trying  To save her poor husband as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistake their limitations for high standards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15433]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistake their limitations for high standards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises these men need the guidance of some kind of theory; but, being unfamiliar with the field of ideas, they do not know that alternatives to the popular theories are possible. They know only what they have always been taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long-term solution is creating a more market-driven terrorism insurance market in the sale of catastrophe risk bonds with some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long-term solution is creating a more market-driven terrorism insurance market in the sale of catastrophe risk bonds with some presence of the government backing up insurers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46046]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., Mater ait natae die natae filia natum  Ut moneat natae plangere filiolam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50079]]></link><description><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45378]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5263]]></link><description><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly!  Have you a dream for going.   Or are you the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly!  Have you a dream for going.   Or are you the blind wind's blowing?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue Sounds ever after as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, Remember'd tolling a departing friend. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep   In the next valley-glades:    Was it a vision, or a waking dream?     Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18056]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love is the single most expressive feeling a person can have. Losing that love suddenly, can be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falling in love is the single most expressive feeling a person can have. Losing that love suddenly, can be the most painful feeling a person can have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more of self-love than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were more than double what I expected. It's exciting science, but sobering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36178]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were more than double what I expected. It's exciting science, but sobering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach your child to hold his tongue, He'll learn fast enough to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach your child to hold his tongue, He'll learn fast enough to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2320]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15941]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size of an eight room house. If a man got possession of all that gold -- billions of dollars worth -- he could not buy a friend, character, peace of mind, clear conscience or a sense of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15941</guid></item></channel></rss>