<?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[The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10068]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singing and rejoicing, As aye since time began,  The dying earth's last poet   Shall be the earth's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Singing and rejoicing, As aye since time began,  The dying earth's last poet   Shall be the earth's last man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There weren't any great performances, but we won it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36501]]></link><description><![CDATA[There weren't any great performances, but we won it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until death all is life. (Where there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until death all is life. (Where there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48495]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55323]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion will be outlawed in a number of states, but that doesn't mean it will be banned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abortion will be outlawed in a number of states, but that doesn't mean it will be banned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42317]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize in all of golf (one million pounds).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them do a polygraph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them do a polygraph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. •Jean Pierre Claris De Florian   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. •Jean Pierre Claris De Florian               Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47063]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59975]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2708]]></link><description><![CDATA[An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55502]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51718]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37389]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible / it cannot be seen or measured, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible / it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20675]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a disease, if you catch it then there is no cure for it, just like cancer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a disease, if you catch it then there is no cure for it, just like cancer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women know The way to rear up children (to be just);  They know a simple, merry, tender knack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women know The way to rear up children (to be just);  They know a simple, merry, tender knack   Of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes,    And stringing pretty words that make no sense,     And kissing full sense into empty words;      Which things are corals to cut life upon,       Although such trifles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were identified as being a danger to Greenway users. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40583]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were identified as being a danger to Greenway users.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mind's way of spinning its wheels until patience restores traction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mind's way of spinning its wheels until patience restores traction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4515]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23435]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up there, we were able to show a very significant impact because the economies are more compressed around the beach, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up there, we were able to show a very significant impact because the economies are more compressed around the beach, ... The local (Manatee-Sarasota) economy is not as diverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19678]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52653]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which wespear the muscles of innocent animals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2649]]></link><description><![CDATA[we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which wespear the muscles of innocent animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2649</guid></item></channel></rss>