<?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[But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44937]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature. [Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae putanda est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. [Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde,  Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46257]]></link><description><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54606]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have you been able, Flaccus, to see the slender Thais? Then, Flaccus, I suspect you can see what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14074]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have you been able, Flaccus, to see the slender Thais? Then, Flaccus, I suspect you can see what is invisible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world    In me to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  Every man has in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  Every man has in his own experience some knowledge of the perplexing uncertainty of this whirligig of time. Yet with his best thought, and largest opportunity, and the application of his highest ability, he cannot penetrate far. But the Christ of God unfolds both its meaning, and its order. He shows that the goal is freedom, and the guidance love. In this way Christ appears direct to the spirit of man, not by its special acquirements, or special ability, but through its common needs and common tasks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60690]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I'm giving a little something back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31422]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I'm giving a little something back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53076]]></link><description><![CDATA[What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;  Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They want their character to grow from opening night to closing night and find new things. We don't want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37375]]></link><description><![CDATA[They want their character to grow from opening night to closing night and find new things. We don't want to find that in a fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56461]]></link><description><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Moo-cow-moo's got a tail like a rope En it's ravelled down where it grows,  En it's just like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Moo-cow-moo's got a tail like a rope En it's ravelled down where it grows,  En it's just like feeling a piece of soap   All over the moo-cow's nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47558]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2620]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54032]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27947]]></link><description><![CDATA[How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39463]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39418]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plant often removed cannot thrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plant often removed cannot thrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. [It., Bisogna che i giudici siano ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23506]]></link><description><![CDATA[There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. [It., Bisogna che i giudici siano assai, perche pochi sempre fanno a modo de' pochi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48975]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flag of our Union forever! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flag of our Union forever!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two for a kiss Only one for a sigh,  Twain by twain we marry   One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9115]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two for a kiss Only one for a sigh,  Twain by twain we marry   One by one we die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;  Spreads the fresh verdure of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;  Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads   The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River;  We listened to the landler-tune,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River;  We listened to the landler-tune,   We watched the moonbeams quiver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17383]]></link><description><![CDATA[This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider Ivan to be probably the best player, behind Federer, since the indoor season last year. It's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41641]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider Ivan to be probably the best player, behind Federer, since the indoor season last year. It's a great win and great for my confidence. I wasn't expecting to do this well this week, especially after practicing on clay all of last week in Austria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers are just staggering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers are just staggering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve or faint;   "His life is Christ, his death is gain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158</guid></item></channel></rss>