<?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[Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37324]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commissions taint the whole process, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commissions taint the whole process,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18767]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is pain in prohibition ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is pain in prohibition]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,   And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions" that get rid of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions" that get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them eat cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them eat cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the nicest way to search somebody if they have to be searched. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30647]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the nicest way to search somebody if they have to be searched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternity forbids thee to forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternity forbids thee to forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64036]]></link><description><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628]]></link><description><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road is long fro the project to its completion. [Fr., Et le chemin est long du projet a la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road is long fro the project to its completion. [Fr., Et le chemin est long du projet a la chose.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58476]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there to sleep and nod, But few go there to worship God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53869]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child correct behind and not before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child correct behind and not before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46290]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42620]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reports the acts of violence against Israelis but never mentions the illegal acts on the Palestinians and the militants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36655]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reports the acts of violence against Israelis but never mentions the illegal acts on the Palestinians and the militants fighting for peace on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54568]]></link><description><![CDATA[When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3099]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34236]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series about the early church:   The early Christians... enjoyed the inestimable advantage of believing that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series about the early church:   The early Christians... enjoyed the inestimable advantage of believing that the millennium was near, which precluded them from seeking to establish a beneficent regime in this world. In the time at their disposal, it was just not worth while. Perhaps the best hope of reviving the Christian religion would be to convince the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and other dignitaries likewise, that the world will shortly be coming to an end. A difficult undertaking, I fear, notwithstanding much evidence pointing that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this kid up.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the Romans call it Stoicism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the Romans call it Stoicism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. If thou understandest not... the things which are beneath thee, how shalt thou comprehend those which are above thee? Submit thyself unto God, and humble thy sense to faith, and the light of knowledge shall be given thee, as shall be profitable and necessary unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56985]]></link><description><![CDATA[There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37756]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw,  And birds sit brooding in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45340]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw,  And birds sit brooding in the snow,   And Marian's nose looks red and raw,    When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,     Then nightly sings the staring owl,      Tu-who;       Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,        While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59951]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do to others what you would have them do to you."The source of the famous "Golden Rule." Many famous lines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do to others what you would have them do to you."The source of the famous "Golden Rule." Many famous lines were variations on this theme. - Matthew 7:12.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26975]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26975</guid></item></channel></rss>