<?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[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5318]]></link><description><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will miss the insinuated nose,   Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â radio and TV advertising. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31744]]></link><description><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â radio and TV advertising. They're clearly generating more interest than we had two years ago, and I think that'll carry through to election day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And the one bird singing alone to his nest.   And the one star over the tower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course the opening match is important but the cut will be made after three matches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course the opening match is important but the cut will be made after three matches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12525]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not now either arising from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8535]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not now either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin and hastening towards concrete amendment or restitution, or else arising from pity and hastening towards active assistance, is simply bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3335]]></link><description><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on authenticity:   A mere form of religion does upon some accounts bring a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on authenticity:   A mere form of religion does upon some accounts bring a man under a heavier sentence than if he were openly profane and irreligious. He that makes a show of religion flatters God, but all the while he acts and designs against him; whereas the profane man deals plainly, and tho' he be a monstrous and unnatural rebel, yet he is a fair and open enemy. And the kisses of a false friend are more hateful than the wounds of an open enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity only knocks once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity only knocks once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nimbly they seized and secreted their prey, Alive and wriggling in the elastic net,  Which Nature hung beneath their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nimbly they seized and secreted their prey, Alive and wriggling in the elastic net,  Which Nature hung beneath their grasping beaks;   Till, swoln, with captures, the unwieldy burden    Clogg'd their slow flight, as heavily to land,     These mighty hunters of the deep return'd.      There on the cragged cliffs they perch'd at ease,       Gorging their hapless victims one by one;        Then full and weary, side by side, they slept,         Till evening roused them to the chase again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the very thing that makes it a unique and special place. That's just as true of the Net.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13164]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50057]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve or faint;   "His life is Christ, his death is gain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40179]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If small businesses want to buy the high-cost option and they can afford it, great. If they don't, why can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29054]]></link><description><![CDATA[If small businesses want to buy the high-cost option and they can afford it, great. If they don't, why can you not offer them lower-cost options?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be,  Primrose and Hyacinth   And frail Anemone,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be,  Primrose and Hyacinth   And frail Anemone,    Perennial Strawberry-bloom,     Woodsorrel's pencilled veil,      Dishevel'd Willow-weed       And Orchis purple and pale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45161]]></link><description><![CDATA[No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the thickets and the meadows Piped the bluebird, the Owaissa.  On the summit of the lodges   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4366]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the thickets and the meadows Piped the bluebird, the Owaissa.  On the summit of the lodges   Sang the robin, the Opechee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4170]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They seemed to really concentrate on Dustin and nobody else really could get hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28890]]></link><description><![CDATA[They seemed to really concentrate on Dustin and nobody else really could get hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20175]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My biggest concern is coming out of my home every day and thinking there are thousands of dead bodies. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42271]]></link><description><![CDATA[My biggest concern is coming out of my home every day and thinking there are thousands of dead bodies. It's like a bad video game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea--written in red on every beachhead form Australia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47528]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea--written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo--There is no substitute for victory!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to see where they had died. The lady drew it on the map, and we drove here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to see where they had died. The lady drew it on the map, and we drove here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for him and wish to see him accept this appointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13545]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13545</guid></item></channel></rss>