<?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[Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was wholly lost]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20312]]></link><description><![CDATA[A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59949</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[But they that are above Have ends in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51914]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they that are above Have ends in everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't look at this as, 'Oh, here is a new group of Hispanics we have to compete over with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39984]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't look at this as, 'Oh, here is a new group of Hispanics we have to compete over with other faiths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594]]></link><description><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; and you among the store,   One more, most welcome, makes my number more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57875]]></link><description><![CDATA[One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, not I.  If I must have a villa in summer to dwell,   Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only have we seen an increase in reports of Internet child pornography, but the victims are becoming younger and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only have we seen an increase in reports of Internet child pornography, but the victims are becoming younger and the images are becoming more graphic and violent. To eliminate the commercial viability of child pornography, we must stop the flow of money. To do that, we need the involvement of the world's leaders in the payments industry and the Internet. The founding members of the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography are to be commended for joining this critical fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look to the end of a long life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look to the end of a long life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most countries, if you have drugs in your possession, in your suitcase or on you, the fact that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33676]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most countries, if you have drugs in your possession, in your suitcase or on you, the fact that you don't know about it or you were set up or you're carrying someone else's bag -- that is no excuse whatsoever and you're gonna be sentenced to the full extent of the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34864]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sharp. You do not find a guy throwing eight innings on his first start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All glory comes from daring to begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3977]]></link><description><![CDATA[All glory comes from daring to begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in angels, so it's simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36768]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in angels, so it's simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59600]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of the streets of life   They of a sudden greet us with a smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is... OK, it's rooted and grounded on love and attraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is... OK, it's rooted and grounded on love and attraction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain;   It only serves to prove the living vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66270]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20415]]></link><description><![CDATA[And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37543]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting better, so we can try to extend the season as long as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20820]]></link><description><![CDATA[A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43734]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, when we are least alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57166]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, when we are least alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20248]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not violent. It doesn't show the act of putting people onto the trains. But we know what happened when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41432]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not violent. It doesn't show the act of putting people onto the trains. But we know what happened when people boarded those trains. It's another way of telling the story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48617]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item></channel></rss>