<?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[Regulatory modernization would keep states in charge of regulating insurance, but create a set of federal standards that would eliminate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regulatory modernization would keep states in charge of regulating insurance, but create a set of federal standards that would eliminate price controls and controls over policy forms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought it was an earthquake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought it was an earthquake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36375</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/65767]]></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/65767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29929]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things out there make that jump easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268]]></link><description><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wretches hang that jurymen may dine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26870]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your coreof inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let themoving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on thesurface of your being.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widow and the SheepA certain poor widow had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Widow and the SheepA certain poor widow had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh. The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, Why do you hurt me so, Mistress? What weight can my blood add to the wool? If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me. The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51519]]></link><description><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes aretaken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22162]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes aretaken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19961]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care is the the actualization of love assumed. -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care is the the actualization of love assumed. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27813]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. - The Summing Up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18721]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our own happiness will come of thier satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get enthusiasm from one core group of people, they go out and drum up support and enthusiasm in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35039]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get enthusiasm from one core group of people, they go out and drum up support and enthusiasm in the community and you get the ball rolling and it's infectious, that's how people make things happen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382]]></link><description><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets;   May learn a thousand things, not twice the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinews of affairs are cut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinews of affairs are cut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12581]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44596]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65325]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times, it's hard to practice against him because he's relentless for the offense to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32767]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times, it's hard to practice against him because he's relentless for the offense to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1328]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Course superintendent Brandon Nichols has the course in as good a shape as it could be, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Course superintendent Brandon Nichols has the course in as good a shape as it could be,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28790</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[The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isn't half so bad if it isn't you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Qui dedit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret; qui accepit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14545]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every night he comes With musics of all sorts, and songs composed  To her unworthiness. It nothing steads us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every night he comes With musics of all sorts, and songs composed  To her unworthiness. It nothing steads us   To chide him from our eaves, for he persists    As if his life lay on't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33814]]></link><description><![CDATA[To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting. We didn't lose because of a lack of effort. We lost because of a lack of execution at critical times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way to go any further.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32076</guid></item></channel></rss>