<?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[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,   And it soft as silk remains.    'Tis the same with common natures,     Use 'em kindly, they rebel;      But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,       And the rogues obey you well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You speak As one who fed on poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46743]]></link><description><![CDATA[You speak As one who fed on poetry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause is a receipt, not a bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is a receipt, not a bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder why prostitution is illegal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48506]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder why prostitution is illegal]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,  Cum facias pejora senex?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wave to people I don't know. It's very dangerous to wave to someone you don't know, because what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wave to people I don't know. It's very dangerous to wave to someone you don't know, because what if they don't have a hand? They'll think you're cocky. 'Look what I got... This thing is useful. I'm gonna go pick somethin' up.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favoured temple is in an humble heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19029]]></link><description><![CDATA[My favoured temple is in an humble heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12574]]></link><description><![CDATA[What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18678]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact that it seems so difficult. Those who do it seem to love it and embrace it. Others kind of look askance on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair of all recovery spoils longevity, And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair of all recovery spoils longevity, And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21433]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51370]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Religion is the same that ever it was, only it suffers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Religion is the same that ever it was, only it suffers by them that make profession of it. Never was there less regard for the Person and offices of Christ, of His grace, and of the benefits of His mediation, among them that are called Christians, than is found among many at this day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I support a national notification requirement. But we also need to give companies protection so that if it's obvious they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39202]]></link><description><![CDATA[I support a national notification requirement. But we also need to give companies protection so that if it's obvious they are trying to keep data safe and something happens anyway, they shouldn't be subject to lawsuits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30935]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before the Super Bowl contenders are decided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer  The slings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12760]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune   Or to take arms against a sea of troubles    And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--     No more--and by a sleep to say we end      The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks       That flesh is heir to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50137]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack   Of somebody to hew and hack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3055]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50745]]></link><description><![CDATA[My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50745</guid></item></channel></rss>