<?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[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13911]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, et une seule sauce.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not over. These kids believe in each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40593]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not over. These kids believe in each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord which is our constant lot. That is why we can study everything else in nature much more surely than we can study ourselves. With ourselves, all we have to go on is an occasional glimpse of some small part of the truth, and we must be content with that, knowing that we are truly known by Him who alone knows us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19322]]></link><description><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/80]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/80</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058]]></link><description><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's unlikely that you'll get a bear market because the fundamentals are too good. On the other hand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's unlikely that you'll get a bear market because the fundamentals are too good. On the other hand, you're not going to make new highs in the market as long as we have uncertainty in terms of interest rates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks at your door but is playing an anvil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door, and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves that they are alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really close to my family. My cousin is my best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really close to my family. My cousin is my best friend!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66522</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[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40878]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12135]]></link><description><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   To read or look upon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is "lighter than vanity." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60372]]></link><description><![CDATA[It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is "lighter than vanity."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the surrounding land surface. In the winter, the opposite happens. In winter the water remains warmer than the surrounding land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . .   The Rose still blushes, and the vi'lets blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34688]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews I've ever been around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's wrestling well. Both those kids (he beat) are pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38929]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's wrestling well. Both those kids (he beat) are pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11471]]></link><description><![CDATA[True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a cold winter Sunday afternoon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a cold winter Sunday afternoon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63958]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14153]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men. [Lat., Errare mehercule malo cum Platone, quem tu quanti facias, scio quam cum istis vera sentire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the wrong way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sort of takes the place of minutes. When there's any club business it's in the newsletter. It used to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sort of takes the place of minutes. When there's any club business it's in the newsletter. It used to be monthly but now it's quarterly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24898]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39678]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54369]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile . . . her look . . . her way Of speaking gently . . . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day- For these things in themselves, Beloved, may be changed, or change for thee- and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not budge   And stealing will continue stealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25183]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12433]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43110]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43110</guid></item></channel></rss>