<?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[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is euphoric. There is no stopping the peso's ascent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41444]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is euphoric. There is no stopping the peso's ascent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is achieved without toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is achieved without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down. That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons. I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam was a development project. He had never raced before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam was a development project. He had never raced before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.  The sun insists on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.  The sun insists on gladness; but at night,   When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/238]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the hustler but the whittler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fénelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fénelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Condé, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51024]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting beforeyou get tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting beforeyou get tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All soils are not fertile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48826]]></link><description><![CDATA[All soils are not fertile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? You are the fire that burns without being consumed; you consume in your heat all the soul's self-love; you are the fire which takes away cold; with your light you illuminate me so that I may know all your truth. Clothe me, clothe me with yourself, eternal truth, so that I may run this mortal life with true obedience, and with the light of your most holy faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good feeling that you've been part of the gentle and considerate repopulation of these rural areas, as well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36657]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good feeling that you've been part of the gentle and considerate repopulation of these rural areas, as well as creating the employment opportunities for the local kids to leave school and get a proper job,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that sees the beauty of holiness, or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8460]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that sees the beauty of holiness, or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world... Unless this is seen, nothing is seen that is worth seeing: for there is no other true excellence or beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33458]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64665]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same religion that saves - Damns You ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Same religion that saves - Damns You]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No nation has friends only interests ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43726]]></link><description><![CDATA[No nation has friends only interests]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the task to shield an absent friend! I ask but this of mine to--not defend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48744]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the task to shield an absent friend! I ask but this of mine to--not defend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then we say, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then we say, 'Ah, we can't hear you?' and they do it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54670]]></link><description><![CDATA[If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45159]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper and render them more important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28460]]></link><description><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading a normal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12882]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13663]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63840]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't think it would hit, so we didn't pack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't think it would hit, so we didn't pack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47258]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28070]]></link><description><![CDATA[In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46683]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35590]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than they have so far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35590</guid></item></channel></rss>