<?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[Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1272]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we showed a lot of poise as a team. We stayed together when Colorado State made their run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we showed a lot of poise as a team. We stayed together when Colorado State made their run at us. The guys hung in there and it's a great win for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40642]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41981]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11843]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed herself even in her streets;   Whose towers bore heads so high they kissed the clouds,    And strangers ne'er beheld but wond'red at;     Whose men and dames so jetted and adorned,      Like one another's glass to trim them by;       Their tables were stored full, to glad the sight,        And not so much to feed on as delight;         All poverty was scorned, and pride so great          The name of help grew odious to repeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that?  The wonder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that?  The wonder of the eagle were the less,   But he not less the eagle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If an Iraq war scenario were to unfold in the early part of the year, it would probably be welcomed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If an Iraq war scenario were to unfold in the early part of the year, it would probably be welcomed by the market. Especially once victory is attained, which I think it would.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.  [Fr., La parfaite raison fuit toute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53102]]></link><description><![CDATA[All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.  [Fr., La parfaite raison fuit toute extremite,   Et veut que l'on soit sage avec sobriete.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31992]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives quietness at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52811]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives quietness at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot hold mortality's strong hand. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55797]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot hold mortality's strong hand. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia wants to play mediator between the West and Islamic world. But that won't bring any good because Russia is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russia wants to play mediator between the West and Islamic world. But that won't bring any good because Russia is more vulnerable to Islam than the West.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue:  So court a mistress, she denies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue:  So court a mistress, she denies you;   Let her alone, she will court you.    Say are not women truly, then,     Styled but the shadows of us men?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16022]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This cost reduction initiative is absolutely critical to our reorganization, ... We had no alternative but to take this action. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36966]]></link><description><![CDATA[This cost reduction initiative is absolutely critical to our reorganization, ... We had no alternative but to take this action. The company continues to take the steps necessary to return to financial health and regain the confidence of its many stakeholders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25860]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without tact you can learn nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without tact you can learn nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craftsbury played really strong, skill-based soccer for an entire game. Though we were outplayed, we played hard and right through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craftsbury played really strong, skill-based soccer for an entire game. Though we were outplayed, we played hard and right through to the end of game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attitude is right so they are adapting very quickly and we are delighted with the way the cricket has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attitude is right so they are adapting very quickly and we are delighted with the way the cricket has been going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all lived in constant fear. He brutalized her for 27 years. He didn't just snap last week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36921]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all lived in constant fear. He brutalized her for 27 years. He didn't just snap last week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant theirwhole life in the hands of some other person. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant theirwhole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this methodof searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consistssolely in moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29464]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the concrete is just basically disintegrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25963]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876  Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never a good war, or a bad peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61216]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never a good war, or a bad peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66784</guid></item></channel></rss>