<?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[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be left alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be left alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16226]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13095]]></link><description><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close tread,   The eagle of the Alps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to believe that the Asia-Pacific region offers meaningful long-term growth potential including further development of our business in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to believe that the Asia-Pacific region offers meaningful long-term growth potential including further development of our business in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24608]]></link><description><![CDATA[He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   [John] Wycliffe's doctrine of "dominion founded in grace" was a peculiar feature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   [John] Wycliffe's doctrine of "dominion founded in grace" was a peculiar feature of his system. He taught that God, as the great feudal superior of the universe, allotted to all earthly authorities their rule in fief as subject to Himself. The priesthood was not an office of dominion, but of service, and its prerogatives ceased when service was not rendered. Dominion was not granted to one person as God's Vicar on earth, but the King was as much God's Vicar as the Pope; nay, every Christian held his rights immediately of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behindwith whips and stings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behindwith whips and stings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62614]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,  "There is a God," thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,  "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:   In that thou sayest all. To Be is more    Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,     Or reigned, or rested.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11987]]></link><description><![CDATA[By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those things that hurt, instruct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those things that hurt, instruct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10210]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where passion leads or prudence points the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where passion leads or prudence points the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee begins to die, that quits his desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juliet: We've never got friendly. I just wanted to say I hope that can change. I'm nice, I really am, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Juliet: We've never got friendly. I just wanted to say I hope that can change. I'm nice, I really am, apart from my terrible taste in pie. And it would be great if we could be friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prime Minister: [on the phone to his sister] I'm very busy and important. How can I help you? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister: [on the phone to his sister] I'm very busy and important. How can I help you?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cattle upon a thousand hills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cattle upon a thousand hills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason. [Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la raison.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13253]]></link><description><![CDATA[To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason. [Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la raison.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a great job in Headland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This would be the biggest pipeline built in the last 20 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37785]]></link><description><![CDATA[This would be the biggest pipeline built in the last 20 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64939]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20481]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45487]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. We seem here to have a paradox: that the reality of an event, which is not real in itself, arises from the other events which, likewise, in themselves are not real. But this only affirms what we must affirm: that direction is all. And only as we realize this do we live, for our own identity is dependent upon this principal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you leastexpect it, will be a fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you leastexpect it, will be a fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means... the need to be left. I am driven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From many to make one. [Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2393]]></link><description><![CDATA[From many to make one. [Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union of the two will preserve an independent reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062]]></link><description><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very difficult to root out. When summarized in a few neat words or phrases, these gems of wisdom become substitutes for thought, and gradually take on much of the status of revealed truth. Occasionally, some iconoclast sees fit to challenge one of them, and a brief flurry ensues, after which things go on about as before. It is easy to think of plenty of ideas that are passing, if they have not already passed, beyond the stage of effective discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492</guid></item></channel></rss>