<?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 irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut  The portals of our earthly destinies; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut  The portals of our earthly destinies;   We walk through blindfold, and the noiseless doors    Close after us, forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52508]]></link><description><![CDATA[All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility is no substitute for a good personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility is no substitute for a good personality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette, It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;  'Twas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette, It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;  'Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your wrist,   'Twas a thing to be braided, and jewelled, and kissed--    'Twas the loveliest hair in the world, my pet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53636]]></link><description><![CDATA[God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who could be happy and alone or good? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who could be happy and alone or good?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27680]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been complaints that certain personnel in the U.N. seem to favor, for example, the pro-independence groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe    That all was lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More light! [Ger., Mehr Licht!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25053]]></link><description><![CDATA[More light! [Ger., Mehr Licht!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35801]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,   And fend you with his wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have too much respect upon the world: They lose it that do buy it with much care. -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55541]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have too much respect upon the world: They lose it that do buy it with much care. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to monitor this situation very carefully over the next several months. This is a case where what happens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to monitor this situation very carefully over the next several months. This is a case where what happens in Washington can have as much effect on cargo as what happens on the docks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16391]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is a devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728]]></link><description><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit in judgmentof those things which you perceive to be wrong orimperfect is to be one more person who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21516]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit in judgmentof those things which you perceive to be wrong orimperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil orimperfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world no copy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. -King John. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55792]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn't like the idea of not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28990]]></link><description><![CDATA[She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn't like the idea of not meeting her, but that's just the way it happened. ... I think of all the mistakes I made. It's too late to go back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62602</guid></item></channel></rss>