<?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[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10666]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is said to be the offspring of Love. Yet, unless the parent makes haste to strangle the child, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is said to be the offspring of Love. Yet, unless the parent makes haste to strangle the child, the child will not rest till it has poisoned the parent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60121]]></link><description><![CDATA[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you start a conversation with the assumptionthat you are right or that you must win,obviously it is difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you start a conversation with the assumptionthat you are right or that you must win,obviously it is difficult to talk.He is author of the Citizenship Papers and answeredquestions at a Washington DC book store.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who multiplies riches multiplies cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61462]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a celebration of the water that is not romantic. It's a celebration of water within the context of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a celebration of the water that is not romantic. It's a celebration of water within the context of the time we live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47512]]></link><description><![CDATA[People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59112]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13299]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo answered, "Where are they?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most complex things are the simplest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most complex things are the simplest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only cowards insult dying majesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only cowards insult dying majesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page.... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47870]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a "good thing" to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a "good thing" to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With foreheads villanous low. -The Tempest. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56087]]></link><description><![CDATA[With foreheads villanous low. -The Tempest. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38631]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever on the overall profitability of our business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50649]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pain, no gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51016]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pain, no gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,  When he call'd the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,  When he call'd the flowers, so blue and golden,   Stars that on earth's firmament do shine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They treat us just like their other friends. They're good to us. And we're good to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41678]]></link><description><![CDATA[They treat us just like their other friends. They're good to us. And we're good to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He didn't run for four months and when he got onto the paddock and ran he was very concerned because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32587]]></link><description><![CDATA[He didn't run for four months and when he got onto the paddock and ran he was very concerned because there was a fair amount of pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and overcame. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and overcame. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more established you are in society, the more pageantry there tends to be at the weddings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more established you are in society, the more pageantry there tends to be at the weddings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are democratic communistsand totalitarian capitalists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In her face excuse Came prologue, and apology too prompt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14867]]></link><description><![CDATA[In her face excuse Came prologue, and apology too prompt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14867</guid></item></channel></rss>