<?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 brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. [Ger., Zwar der Tapfere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. [Ger., Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Lander  Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is something you rise above. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is something you rise above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893   The Bible is like a telescope. If a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893   The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is a Christian heresy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is a Christian heresy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When war is declared, truth is the first casualty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61188]]></link><description><![CDATA[When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the number of fethers in his cappe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're walking from the Broadhurst, those eight minutes make a huge difference. They could be the difference between a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41661]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're walking from the Broadhurst, those eight minutes make a huge difference. They could be the difference between a hectic end to a night on the town and a leisurely one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42075]]></link><description><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our differences are politics, our agreements principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our differences are politics, our agreements principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53607]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too much, or who keeps awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all depend on Sophie to shoot the ball and score. But I wanted the ball. I was feeling it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29050]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all depend on Sophie to shoot the ball and score. But I wanted the ball. I was feeling it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45653]]></link><description><![CDATA[if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often a noble face hides filthy ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often a noble face hides filthy ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger;  And danger, like an ague, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger;  And danger, like an ague, subtly taints   Even then when we sit idly in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of helping others to see a problem in a different way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of helping others to see a problem in a different way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however "worthy," to make judgments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,   And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/241]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48389]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out with a 'no.' This is not going to change. We had the burden of proving to them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out with a 'no.' This is not going to change. We had the burden of proving to them this was a good decision to make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44025]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10217]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8783]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19257</guid></item></channel></rss>