<?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[We seem to want mass production, but we must remember that men are individuals not to be satisfactorily dealt with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48311]]></link><description><![CDATA[We seem to want mass production, but we must remember that men are individuals not to be satisfactorily dealt with in masses, and the making of men is more important than the production of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wisest he in this whole wide land Of hoarding till bent and gray;  For all you can hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17450]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wisest he in this whole wide land Of hoarding till bent and gray;  For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand   Is what you have given away.    . . . .     He gave with a zest and he gave his best;      Give him the best to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like marbles--tabernacle and pharisee and parable, tresspass and Babylon and covenant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he said that, I believed him, that he didn't send me here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36311]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he said that, I believed him, that he didn't send me here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,   His glory still gleams in their eyes;    Those truants from home and from Heaven     They have made me more manly and mild;      And I know now how Jesus could liken       The kingdom of God to a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I support his race for Congress and I hope he'll be our next representative in Washington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I support his race for Congress and I hope he'll be our next representative in Washington.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295</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[No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34929]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going through hell, keep going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13631]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going through hell, keep going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55294]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass which screen it from the view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A storm in a cream bowl.   - James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A storm in a cream bowl.   - James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I've wronged or caused to suffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44994]]></link><description><![CDATA[One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50810]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57977]]></link><description><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57977</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[High expectations are the key to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66427]]></link><description><![CDATA[High expectations are the key to everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride. [Ger., Setzen wir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride. [Ger., Setzen wir Deutschland, so zu sagen, in den Sattel! Reiten wird es schon konnen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23240]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35053]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/451</guid></item></channel></rss>