<?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[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47199]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart--   The heart which love of thee alone can bind;    And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--     To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,      Their country conquers with their martyrdom.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65055]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27975]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39147]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42200]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27021]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each day provides its own gifts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each day provides its own gifts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow;  "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow;  "I hear the first young hard-bell ring,   'Tis time for me to go!    Northward o'er the icy rocks,     Northward o'er the sea,      My daughter comes with sunny locks:       This land's too warm for me!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28635]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him: there is always work,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62131]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him: there is always work,  And tools to work withal, for those who will;   And blessed are the horny hand of toil!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism is in fact history on the run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism is in fact history on the run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead Grays bridge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14138]]></link><description><![CDATA[More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait encore admirer un sot.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make a declaration every spring, Of reformation ere the year run out,  But somehow this my vestal vary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make a declaration every spring, Of reformation ere the year run out,  But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light may come where all looks darkest, Hope hath life, when life seems o'er. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light may come where all looks darkest, Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman submits to her fate; man makes his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman submits to her fate; man makes his.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which reje]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get out in front -- you stay out in front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57505]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get out in front -- you stay out in front.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242]]></link><description><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given tous. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage anddetermination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell;  All the other sounds we hear,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell;  All the other sounds we hear,   Flatter, and but cheat our ear.    This doth put us still in mind     That our flesh must be resigned,      And, a general silence made,       The world be muffled in a shade.        [Orpheus' lute, as poets tell,         Was but moral of this bell,          And the captive soul was she,           Which they called Eurydice,            Rescued by our holy groan,             A loud echo to this tone.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a better owner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are to live unto God at any time, or in any place, we are to live unto Him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7062]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are to live unto God at any time, or in any place, we are to live unto Him at all times and all places. If we are to use anything as the gift of God, we are to use everything as His gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55913</guid></item></channel></rss>