<?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[A land of levity is a land of guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18483]]></link><description><![CDATA[A land of levity is a land of guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48211]]></link><description><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101]]></link><description><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For as our modern wits behold, Mounted a pick-back on the old,  Much farther off, much further he,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29]]></link><description><![CDATA[For as our modern wits behold, Mounted a pick-back on the old,  Much farther off, much further he,   Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62703]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim for the highest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim for the highest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,   His glory still gleams in their eyes;    Those truants from home and from Heaven     They have made me more manly and mild;      And I know now how Jesus could liken       The kingdom of God to a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18859]]></link><description><![CDATA[For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--   He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.    [Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,     Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte      Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,       Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43711]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19514]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49252]]></link><description><![CDATA[For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57822]]></link><description><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[worked together as effectively as the terrorists do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40149]]></link><description><![CDATA[worked together as effectively as the terrorists do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. on EleanorRoosevelt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21595]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. on EleanorRoosevelt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2273]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11610]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705]]></link><description><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every new idea is an impossibility until it is born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every new idea is an impossibility until it is born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody took something that belonged to us, that we had taken care of. That's the frustrating part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody took something that belonged to us, that we had taken care of. That's the frustrating part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends;  While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/708]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends;  While Nature, kindly bent to ease us,   Points out some circumstance to please us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all that out there. God bless you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22589]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage requires a person to prepare 4 types of "Rings": Engagement Ring Wedding Ring, Suffering, Enduring ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage requires a person to prepare 4 types of "Rings": Engagement Ring Wedding Ring, Suffering, Enduring]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25461]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall never have it, The free German Rhine.  [Ger., Sie sollen ihn nicht haben   Den freien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54188]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall never have it, The free German Rhine.  [Ger., Sie sollen ihn nicht haben   Den freien deutschen Rhein.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49507]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, When season'd with love, which no rancour disturbs  And sweeten'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, When season'd with love, which no rancour disturbs  And sweeten'd by all that is sweetest in life   Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten in strife!    But if, out of humour, and hungry, alone     A man should sit down to dinner, each one      Of the dishes which the cook chooses to spoil       With a horrible mixture of garlic and oil,        The chances are ten against one, I must own,         He gets up as ill-tempered as when he sat down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen! John A. Logan is the Head Centre, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen! John A. Logan is the Head Centre, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of the final plot by which partisanship was installed in the Commission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56217</guid></item></channel></rss>