<?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[Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain   For a parallel to his character.    In the annals of modern greatness     He stands alone;      And the noblest names of antiquity       Lose their lustre in his presence.        Born the benefactor of mankind,         He united all the greatness necessary          To an illustrious career.           Nature made him great,            He made himself virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345]]></link><description><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1218]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got more scale and can do something with it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33219]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got more scale and can do something with it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If we go much longer without him winning a major, another year or two, it could be a problem. If he were to go into a true slump, not making cuts, not winning, having his rankings fall out of a top 10, I'd start worrying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62829]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23935]]></link><description><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44652]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and we try to accommodate all of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29134]]></link><description><![CDATA[and we try to accommodate all of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23524]]></link><description><![CDATA[On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39320]]></link><description><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30246]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination at the TPC,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61734]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64509]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper mill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a great victory that comes without blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a great victory that comes without blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our similarities are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our similarities are different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951  One can give without loving, but one cannot love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951  One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think a lot will change right away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think a lot will change right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65394]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word is already that we are only sending blacks out of this state. We are make (sic) a strategic error. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Word is already that we are only sending blacks out of this state. We are make (sic) a strategic error. FEMA will not have to answer to the people, we will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is done, there is no such error or heresy, nothing so fundamentally opposed to religion, as a wicked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7178]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is done, there is no such error or heresy, nothing so fundamentally opposed to religion, as a wicked life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it;  This high man, with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/491]]></link><description><![CDATA[That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it;  This high man, with a great thing to pursue,   Dies ere he knows it.    That low man goes on adding one to one,     His hundreds soon hit:      His high man, aiming at a million,       Misses an unit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/988]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawless are they that make their wills their law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawless are they that make their wills their law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saints need sinners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saints need sinners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7116</guid></item></channel></rss>