<?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[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is the image of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is the image of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59041]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest: the sweet sauce of labor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest: the sweet sauce of labor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection which thus exists conflicts with the prominent display required for sexual allurement. This end is far more effectively attained, with greater advantage and less disadvantage, by concentrating the chief ensigns of sexual attractiveness on the upper and more conspicuous parts of the body. This method is well-nigh universal among animals as well as in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26121]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge, nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10689]]></link><description><![CDATA[All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35310]]></link><description><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944    If we are traveling heavenward, we are already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944    If we are traveling heavenward, we are already in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more costly it is for governments to kill them. Evidence indicates that governments respond to this economic incentive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61209]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032]]></link><description><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be smart, be intelligent and be informed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be smart, be intelligent and be informed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My people are afraid that it is on occasions like this the rednecks can create havoc. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29081]]></link><description><![CDATA[My people are afraid that it is on occasions like this the rednecks can create havoc.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a very bad crash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34834]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a very bad crash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64507]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1005]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,   Thy figure floats along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   The two great features of Protestant theology are its doctrines of justification by faith and the law as the rule of life. This is a synthesis of New Testament grace and Old Testament ethics. With this synthesis, Protestants have solved the problem of finding a gracious God, but they have not solved the problem of finding gracious neighbors. They can fellowship with God because he is gracious; but they find it difficult to fellowship with one another, because they are not so gracious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643]]></link><description><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want of heart.   They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,    A thing of temperament and not of art,     Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;      And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest       Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good folly is worth what you pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35530]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good folly is worth what you pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[things that give you standing in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35482]]></link><description><![CDATA[things that give you standing in the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am responsible only to God and history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am responsible only to God and history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave Love mercy, and delight to save. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave Love mercy, and delight to save.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very important protest, with thousands and thousands of citizens defending their freedom ... they are not going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29317]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very important protest, with thousands and thousands of citizens defending their freedom ... they are not going to give in to the persecution to which they are subjected,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;   That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,    Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.     The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,      Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;       And as imagination bodies forth        The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen         Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing          A local habitation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41119</guid></item></channel></rss>