<?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[Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/778]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in art is but a copy of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in art is but a copy of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water owns a power Divine, And conscious blushes into wine;  Its very nature changed displays   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water owns a power Divine, And conscious blushes into wine;  Its very nature changed displays   The power Divine that it obeys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10944]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must,   The youth replies, I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6030]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642  We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642  We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to color everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mold, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22970]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are all changing, and Jo is resisting, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41683]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are all changing, and Jo is resisting,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're brought to us and we revitalize them because they've usually been traumatized by all of this. We then are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31095]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're brought to us and we revitalize them because they've usually been traumatized by all of this. We then are involved in bringing this plant material, which is probably rare and endangered, back into circulation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really hoping that everyone can stay healthy, ... because I feel that we have a team and a nucleus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38373]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really hoping that everyone can stay healthy, ... because I feel that we have a team and a nucleus that really can get us to where we want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the 'race is for the strong' and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28041]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the 'race is for the strong' and that I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men need applause too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men need applause too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794]]></link><description><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he could become one of greatest players in the history of the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40683]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he could become one of greatest players in the history of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doesn't want to win, especially at home, with family here and an opportunity to enjoy it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doesn't want to win, especially at home, with family here and an opportunity to enjoy it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11552]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62041]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22278]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's clear that we've seen some pass-through of raw materials costs to producer prices, but retail inflation is still restrained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36354]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's clear that we've seen some pass-through of raw materials costs to producer prices, but retail inflation is still restrained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can, That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can, That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13024]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13006]]></link><description><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the hall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more. -Erica Jong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14791]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more. -Erica Jong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246]]></link><description><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom hates dad, Dad hates mom, it all makes you feel so sad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mom hates dad, Dad hates mom, it all makes you feel so sad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill,  Icy and chill,   Little care we:    Little we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill,  Icy and chill,   Little care we:    Little we fear     Weather without,      Sheltered about       The Mahogany-Tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16549</guid></item></channel></rss>