<?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['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61151]]></link><description><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy;   For your own reasons turn into your bosoms    As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On his weary couch Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,  Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive beam  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26085]]></link><description><![CDATA[On his weary couch Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,  Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive beam   That through his lattice peeped derisively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17877]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key of the fields (street). [Fr., La clef des champs.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key of the fields (street). [Fr., La clef des champs.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The folly of one man is the fortune of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The folly of one man is the fortune of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the fire-proofer of emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show:  And withering thoughts for soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43232]]></link><description><![CDATA[What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show:  And withering thoughts for soul that dashes,   From deep to deep, are but a death more slow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14160]]></link><description><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique  Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20308]]></link><description><![CDATA[All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20308</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[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps and played pretty well. We have to be ready to play tomorrow and can battle anyone if we are prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are inspirational words all over it. I thought it was going to be a little one-day project, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39284]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are inspirational words all over it. I thought it was going to be a little one-day project, and it became a solid five-day project. I put a lot of love into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning how to access a continuity of common sense can be one of your most efficient accomplishments in this decade. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning how to access a continuity of common sense can be one of your most efficient accomplishments in this decade. Can you imagine "common sense" surpassing science and technology in the quest to unravel the human stress mess? In time, society will have a new measure for confirming truth. It's inside the people-not at the mercy of current scientific methodology. Let scientists facilitate discovery, but not invent your inner truth. Robert Kennedy The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! nature's noblest gift--my gray-goose quill! Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,  Torn from thy parent-bird to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! nature's noblest gift--my gray-goose quill! Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,  Torn from thy parent-bird to form a pen,   That might instrument of little men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63130]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were trying to give it its own identity. Before it was tucked away and hard to find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35640]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were trying to give it its own identity. Before it was tucked away and hard to find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however "worthy," to make judgments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59693]]></link><description><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them.   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really think that Reggie is going to need that much help. It's more in the area of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really think that Reggie is going to need that much help. It's more in the area of the subtle aspects of working broadcasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9136]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's give the individual the space to grow, instead of the economy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's give the individual the space to grow, instead of the economy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the Most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the Most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any Motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really has no bearing on any decisions. Coaching and playing is all we can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38255]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really has no bearing on any decisions. Coaching and playing is all we can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66888]]></link><description><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad forgery's the ultimate insult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15764]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is made more sacred by adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is made more sacred by adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25097]]></link><description><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   In burning throne though they keep still    Serenities unthawed and chill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't know there was anything being built until today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39308]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't know there was anything being built until today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9301</guid></item></channel></rss>