<?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[It really is one slick piece of political mail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35081]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really is one slick piece of political mail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784  It is by affliction chiefly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784  It is by affliction chiefly that the heart of man is purified, and that the thoughts are fixed on a better state. Prosperity has power to intoxicate the imagination, to fix the mind upon the present scene, to produce confidence and elation, and to make him who enjoys affluence and honors forget the hand by which they were bestowed. It is seldom that we are otherwise than by affliction awakened to a sense of our imbecility, or taught to know how little all our acquisitions can conduce to safety or quiet, and how justly we may inscribe to the superintendence of a higher power those blessings which in the wantonness of success we considered as the attainments of our policy and courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18720]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58033]]></link><description><![CDATA[When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good as a play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/416]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good as a play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hannah will catch that ball more times than not. Part of the issue is the lack of quality practice time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hannah will catch that ball more times than not. Part of the issue is the lack of quality practice time that we've had. Yes, it's late in the year, but how much of the practice time have we missed. A play that you should make will be harder on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29715]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. Japan must have its own resources.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray sweatshirt he borrowed from the Unabomber?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.  [Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.  [Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54838]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47360]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, laws and medical care are very different. We strive to make sure that travelers have the same information we as diplomats have. Americans and Western interests are targets, and Americans should be aware of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hadn't really thought about it, but I wonder how many people spent the same kind of days here a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31108]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hadn't really thought about it, but I wonder how many people spent the same kind of days here a hundred years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: "By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes. - Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/299]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19431]]></link><description><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is -- I could be just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15788]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is -- I could be just as proud for half the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye  Could reach, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye  Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping   In sight, then lost amidst the forestry    Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping     On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy;      A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown       On a fool's head--and there is London Town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time in the history of Lebanon, the Lebanese feel that they have the power to decide their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34381]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in the history of Lebanon, the Lebanese feel that they have the power to decide their fate,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17231]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than it was ever Spanish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66862]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we walk by faith, not by sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14961]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we walk by faith, not by sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there’s nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18697</guid></item></channel></rss>