<?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[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until I see the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, physically, morally and spiritually defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49788]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors To find out thet it looks like rain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors To find out thet it looks like rain arter it fairly pours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MGM is very deliberate. They are not going to do a deal that isn't immediately accretive to earnings per share. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37302]]></link><description><![CDATA[MGM is very deliberate. They are not going to do a deal that isn't immediately accretive to earnings per share. Harrah's, on the other hand, has done deals that aren't accretive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2069]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39735]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To shoot at crows is powder flung away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10771]]></link><description><![CDATA[To shoot at crows is powder flung away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to be prepared on the local level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to be prepared on the local level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60609]]></link><description><![CDATA[In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  The church has severely under-estimated the fundamental antagonism between Christianity and contemporary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6435]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  The church has severely under-estimated the fundamental antagonism between Christianity and contemporary neo-pagan values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosopy is the most important thing in life. Everything else is born from there.Sean Baltz. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosopy is the most important thing in life. Everything else is born from there.Sean Baltz.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And shade the violets, That they may bind the moss in leafy nets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60713]]></link><description><![CDATA[And shade the violets, That they may bind the moss in leafy nets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specialty egg segment has grown dramatically in the last eight or nine years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specialty egg segment has grown dramatically in the last eight or nine years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until death all is life. (Where there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until death all is life. (Where there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have 15 guys on the team. When somebody goes down, other people have to step up and take the challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall I hope clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59899]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall I hope clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and anaction which does not proceed from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21796]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and anaction which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain,  Nor force of reason, can persuade,   Then let example be obey'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't shit on your own doorstep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't shit on your own doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air,   Yet take no heed    Of humble lessons we would read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60721</guid></item></channel></rss>