<?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[Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9474]]></link><description><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26197]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it from a phial, a tear which the sinner had shed in doing a good action, and his sins are washed out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20732]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not,  Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear   Your favors nor your hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   From out of the sunset-lands,    So bountiful, so merciful,     So sweet of soul is she;      And over all the world she draws       Her cloak of charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You miss 100% of the shots you never take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54287]]></link><description><![CDATA[You miss 100% of the shots you never take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43652]]></link><description><![CDATA[My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum  Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our strength grows out of our weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our strength grows out of our weakness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely thanpeople across them.on C Span. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely thanpeople across them.on C Span.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14810]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she is and make her feel special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30277]]></link><description><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19182]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60040]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Hebrew to me. [Fr., C'est de l'hebreu pour moi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25130]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Hebrew to me. [Fr., C'est de l'hebreu pour moi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40759]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly the lesson from the Genesis crash, which was apparently caused by parts incorrectly installed, is that you've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly the lesson from the Genesis crash, which was apparently caused by parts incorrectly installed, is that you've got to be meticulous in your engineering. And that's certainly going to be the case for Mars. We are going to have to design any return spacecraft from Mars so that it can handle a hard landing, such as we saw for Genesis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64586]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased that the Executive wants to widen access to higher education, but we need to make sure that they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased that the Executive wants to widen access to higher education, but we need to make sure that they put in place the necessary support package to make sure students do not have to give up their studies for financial reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6994]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of voites are thrown out in election after election in this country. Now that's a story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Millions of voites are thrown out in election after election in this country. Now that's a story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not praise Patrico's high desert, His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,  His comprehensive head? all interests weigh'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not praise Patrico's high desert, His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,  His comprehensive head? all interests weigh'd,   All Europe sav'd, yet Britain not betray'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  In the era of faith there is room for repentance, since each person can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  In the era of faith there is room for repentance, since each person can decide freely for Christ; in the era of sight, when the reign of Christ is manifest, only judgment is left for the undecided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280]]></link><description><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   In the long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   In the long run, the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell is... a question: "What are you asking God to do?" To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that that is what He does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy is equal to desire and purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy is equal to desire and purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46911]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the longing for repetition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the longing for repetition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53849</guid></item></channel></rss>