<?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 ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many diseases may be cured by abstinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known by the silence he keeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66866]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known by the silence he keeps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49499]]></link><description><![CDATA[I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43211]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of the right to a child with the obligation to become the servant of a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40472]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is going to have to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or Rumour.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51824]]></link><description><![CDATA[She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or Rumour.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. -Much Ado ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55435]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let each man think himself an act of God. His mind a thought, his life a breath of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let each man think himself an act of God. His mind a thought, his life a breath of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47415]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we had to sign up. I'm going to keep coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32698]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable for the fans. They'd go from basketball to hockey, basketball to hockey. They're going to be pretty busy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have to walk back in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or even, in a more modern way of speech, a creative moral principle in itself. Paul does not, in fact, speak (when he is using the language strictly) of "justification by faith", but of "justification by grace through faith," or "on the grounds of faith." This is not mere verbal subtlety. It means that the "righteousness of God" becomes ours, not by the assertion of the individual will as such, but by the willingness to let God work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living daylights out of me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it needs better enforcement language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39200]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it needs better enforcement language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has proven herself to be a likable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33573]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has proven herself to be a likable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy of this place in history and will serve as an inspiration for women the world over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of risk, if something is not doing well, we are able to get out of it and take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33427]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of risk, if something is not doing well, we are able to get out of it and take risk with other, newer merchandise. We've just gotten a lot better at managing our inventories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17267]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61208]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born,  Sang with many a change,   Christmas carols until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born,  Sang with many a change,   Christmas carols until morn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4815]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe in and are developing a broad-based equity plan so that all our people can participate in a stock-option ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34291]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe in and are developing a broad-based equity plan so that all our people can participate in a stock-option program that will enable them to share in the growth potential of the company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe these are a solid set of figures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe these are a solid set of figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31606</guid></item></channel></rss>