<?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[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hereby resign this office of president of the United States. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will you put in the stockingof the Baby Jesus?screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, LorettaYoung, and David's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17276]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will you put in the stockingof the Baby Jesus?screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, LorettaYoung, and David's Niven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21971]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband. -The Taming of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth,  And that was shining on him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14853]]></link><description><![CDATA[And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth,  And that was shining on him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt--and children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby fat. I want to look nice and feel attractive. ... I grew my hair out and got it lightened for the simple reason that I'm pretty gray, and this means I don't have to go to the hairdresser as often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every animal loves itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every animal loves itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51258]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ev'n so, with all submission, I . . . .  Send you each year a homely letter,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ev'n so, with all submission, I . . . .  Send you each year a homely letter,   Who may return me much a better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47960]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Them that has, gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Them that has, gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things aren't moving as fast as they were at this point last year. I just feel a lot more comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things aren't moving as fast as they were at this point last year. I just feel a lot more comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For now the field is not far off Where we must give the world a proof  Of deeds, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11672]]></link><description><![CDATA[For now the field is not far off Where we must give the world a proof  Of deeds, not words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but tyrants have any business to be afraid. [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en crainte.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59970]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but tyrants have any business to be afraid. [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en crainte.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41407]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest power is often simple patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power is often simple patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These weeks are packed full of events for her. It's a good time to meet with people and local organizations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38738]]></link><description><![CDATA[These weeks are packed full of events for her. It's a good time to meet with people and local organizations that don't send people out to Washington, but still have a need to connect with their member of Congress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14246]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,  When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill   And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is encouraging to see a kid come up and do what he doing. He's got five home runs. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35269]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is encouraging to see a kid come up and do what he doing. He's got five home runs. That's more than the starting eight combined. You watch him in batting practice, and you know he is a special kind of hitter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all of us against the foreigner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobodyappreciates how difficult it was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobodyappreciates how difficult it was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, Advanced a stage or two upon that road  Which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, Advanced a stage or two upon that road  Which you must travel in the steps they trod.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28723]]></link><description><![CDATA[it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65915]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never crossed my mind that it would be Marla. I didn't want to push God ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ it didn't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31174]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never crossed my mind that it would be Marla. I didn't want to push God ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ it didn't have to be her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31174</guid></item></channel></rss>