<?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[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12392]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1835]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dare to be honest and fear no labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving energy and stress. That's a time shift. William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As when the dove returning bore the mark Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;  The relics of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12803]]></link><description><![CDATA[As when the dove returning bore the mark Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;  The relics of mankind, secure at rest,   Open every window to receive the guest,    And the fair bearer of the message bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,  In some dread moment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,  In some dread moment. by the fates assign'd,   Shall pass away, nor leave a rack behind;    And Time's revolving wheels shall lose at last     The speed that spins the future and the past:      And, sovereign of an undisputed throne,       Awful eternity shall reign alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32051]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had a few brief moments in there where we did play good or looked all right, but, for the most part, we looked like a pee-wee team out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51482]]></link><description><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41549]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a long road to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36964]]></link><description><![CDATA[a long road to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more useful than silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more useful than silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349   Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349   Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor be dread thronged, nor by doom tempted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Commission concludes that there is still a high level of concentration in the enterprise market in most areas of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38983]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Commission concludes that there is still a high level of concentration in the enterprise market in most areas of the country today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm suggesting to you (that) you are lying under oath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm suggesting to you (that) you are lying under oath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and enjoy them. I've helped the team win with the bat before, but it's nice to do it with the glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--   The negligence--the apathy--the evils    Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,     Whose delegated cruelty surpasses      The worst acts of one energetic master,       However harsh and hard in his own bearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569]]></link><description><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.  [Ger., Ein guter Mensch, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17859]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.  [Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,   Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relief workers in New Orleans, the money they're paid is burning a hole in their pocket and they're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relief workers in New Orleans, the money they're paid is burning a hole in their pocket and they're going to spend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204</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[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He thanked them for their service to our country. And wanted to let them know ... that the American people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28972]]></link><description><![CDATA[He thanked them for their service to our country. And wanted to let them know ... that the American people are behind them and support them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4612]]></link><description><![CDATA[My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4612</guid></item></channel></rss>