<?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[Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38038]]></link><description><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the Fed may be forced to ease again before it begins hiking rates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the abilityand determination to overcome bad luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the abilityand determination to overcome bad luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearer, my God, to Thee-- Nearer to Thee--  E'en though it be a cross   That raiseth me; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearer, my God, to Thee-- Nearer to Thee--  E'en though it be a cross   That raiseth me;    Still all my song shall be     Nearer, my God, to Thee,      Nearer to Thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar   That gave the gods their wings.    . . . .     There throbs through all the worlds that are      This heart-beat not and strong,       And shaken systems, star by star,        Awake and glow in song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52540]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think my dad was most proud of Dick because he never got a big head. And he didn't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33890]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think my dad was most proud of Dick because he never got a big head. And he didn't do a lot of showboating on the field. He just played the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In show business, you get chewed up and spit out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38611]]></link><description><![CDATA[In show business, you get chewed up and spit out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulatory modernization would keep states in charge of regulating insurance, but create a set of federal standards that would eliminate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regulatory modernization would keep states in charge of regulating insurance, but create a set of federal standards that would eliminate price controls and controls over policy forms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and everything after that is just cost savings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34191]]></link><description><![CDATA[and everything after that is just cost savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22383]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habituallydirects his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observationstrengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly andresolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has multiple killing techniques. It ionizes (both) the oxygen found in normal air and hydrogen peroxide to kill bugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has multiple killing techniques. It ionizes (both) the oxygen found in normal air and hydrogen peroxide to kill bugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever,  A thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13307]]></link><description><![CDATA[What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever,  A thing that answers, but hath not a thought   As lasting but as senseless as a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn't like the idea of not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28990]]></link><description><![CDATA[She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn't like the idea of not meeting her, but that's just the way it happened. ... I think of all the mistakes I made. It's too late to go back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30809]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65787]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin  For her feet?   You lucky little kid,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin  For her feet?   You lucky little kid,    You perished, so you did,     For my sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred can be overcome only by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred can be overcome only by love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It was perfectly dry in spite of the fact that it had been immersed in water for centuries. The same is true of many people in the Western world. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity; they live immersed in the waters of its benefits. And yet it has not penetrated their hearts; they do not love it. The fault is not in Christianity, but in men's hearts, which have been hardened by materialism and intellectualism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to form my own opionions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102]]></link><description><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome in thy singing,    Thou also soon shalt lie     Where no sweet notes are ringing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a Child ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62699]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a Child himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35882]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget it).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of money is the root of all evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of money is the root of all evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Charger AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly andcarefully provided for, while he himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Charger AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly andcarefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough toeat and not even that without hard work. But when war broke out,a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to thecharge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy. The Horse waswounded and fell dead on the battlefield. Then the Ass, seeingall these things, changed his mind, and commiserated the Horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478</guid></item></channel></rss>