<?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 evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60195]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great causes and little men go ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great causes and little men go ill together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember Lot's wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember Lot's wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16532]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36436]]></link><description><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can hurt me without my permission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can hurt me without my permission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of money grows as money grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of money grows as money grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41467]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation. -King John. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55780]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three-hundred thousand sportswriters and they're all against me. Every one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38009]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three-hundred thousand sportswriters and they're all against me. Every one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learned what lines you could and could not cross ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learned what lines you could and could not cross]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap metal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30093]]></link><description><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse.  He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3040]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse.  He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,   And that a Lord may be an owl,    A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,     And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock and verdue,   The abodes of happy millions, were no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike the iron whilst it is hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike the iron whilst it is hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a new Prince, new bondage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a new Prince, new bondage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person that knows you for who you are exactly, a person that accepts what you have become and never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62881]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person that knows you for who you are exactly, a person that accepts what you have become and never judges you, and allows for you to grow and helps you along the way is a friend  that you should keep around for a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not grave Philosophy be styled. Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,  A dreamer, yet more spiritless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not grave Philosophy be styled. Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,  A dreamer, yet more spiritless and dull?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the persuasion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the persuasion of gesture, the supplicating tone, and the beseeching looks which inform the words and give them life, where then were the power of the arguments and whom would it convince?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--  Who works for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--  Who works for glory misses oft the goal;   Who works for money coins his very soul.    Work for the work's sake, then, and it may be     That these things shall be added unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60899]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a deal that started out 24 years ago with three or four of us that were tired of sitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37670]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a deal that started out 24 years ago with three or four of us that were tired of sitting around watching football games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43781]]></link><description><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will?  For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will?  For if she will, she will, you may depend on't;   And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The willing contemplation of vice is vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60514</guid></item></channel></rss>