<?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[Oh the brave Fisher's life, It is the best of any,  'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh the brave Fisher's life, It is the best of any,  'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,   And 'tis belov'd of many:    Other joys Are but toys;     Only this Lawful is,      For our skill Breeds no ill,       But content and pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66758]]></link><description><![CDATA[An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1250]]></link><description><![CDATA[While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She bears her down majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56166]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bears her down majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9195]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49397]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the wealth of home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23577]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trinity Sunday  The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is wholly practical; it is revealed to us, to discover to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trinity Sunday  The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is wholly practical; it is revealed to us, to discover to us our high origin and the greatness of our fall, and to show us the deep and profound operation of the triune God in the recovery of the divine life in our souls: that by the means of this mystery thus discovered, our piety may be rightly directed, our faith and prayer have their proper objects, [and] the workings and aspiring of our own hearts may cooperate and correspond with that triune life in the Deity, which is always desiring to manifest itself in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65859]]></link><description><![CDATA[I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58198]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' unfeeling for his own.    Yet ah! why should they know their fate,     Since sorrow never comes too late,      And happiness too swiftly flies?       Thought would destroy their paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through a couple of minutes in that period where Oakland got even more aggressive; we just couldn't hang on to the ball and they were able to score off it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817]]></link><description><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on. However, he should kill the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on. However, he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village; however, selling the meat to the next door village should be fine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13410]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A report to the Security Council initiates a chain of events... that breed tension and add volatility to an already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A report to the Security Council initiates a chain of events... that breed tension and add volatility to an already vulnerable political situation in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63224]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20108]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits eternal. [Lat., Non est diuturna possessio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18162]]></link><description><![CDATA[That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits eternal. [Lat., Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is the reason of fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is the reason of fools]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64574]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9902]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, then you argue the Constitution]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34511]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut out in the awful storm! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61645]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut out in the awful storm!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never been an intellectual but I have this look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65625]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is man's expression of his joy in labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves  And, heedless of censorious eyes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12805]]></link><description><![CDATA[See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves  And, heedless of censorious eyes,   Pursue their unpolluted joys:    No fears of future want molest     The downy quiet of their nest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28023]]></link><description><![CDATA[In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Huntsman and the FishermanA huntsman, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by chance with a Fisherman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Huntsman and the FishermanA huntsman, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by chance with a Fisherman who was bringing home a basket well laden with fish. The Huntsman wished to have the fish, and their owner experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game-bag. They quickly agreed to exchange the produce of their day's sport. Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some time the same exchange day after day. Finally a neighbor said to them, If you go on in this way, you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange, and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport. Abstain and enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27209]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45772]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[rnAll my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64651]]></link><description><![CDATA[rnAll my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.rnAbraham LincolnrnNature, Mind, ThoughtrnI destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.rnAbraham LincolnrnFriends, DestroyrnI'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.rnAbraham LincolnrnBack, Walk, SlowrnI do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With little excess capacity left in the labor market, we expect continued upward pressure on wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39109]]></link><description><![CDATA[With little excess capacity left in the labor market, we expect continued upward pressure on wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5731</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[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19662]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23647</guid></item></channel></rss>