<?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[It's only February and we don't expect Greg to be running the way he was last May, but were anxious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30364]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only February and we don't expect Greg to be running the way he was last May, but were anxious to see how he does outdoors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why slander we the times? What crimes  Have days and years, that we   Thus charge them with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why slander we the times? What crimes  Have days and years, that we   Thus charge them with iniquity?    If we would rightly scan,     It's not the times are bad, but man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1355]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned the value of hard work by working hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned the value of hard work by working hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60558]]></link><description><![CDATA[All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20242]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,  While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1210]]></link><description><![CDATA[One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent. [Lat., Adhue neminem cognovi poetam, qui sibi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46854]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent. [Lat., Adhue neminem cognovi poetam, qui sibi non optimus videretur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9417]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15155]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56859]]></link><description><![CDATA[However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20077]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, 'Hey, can you give me a hand?' you can say, 'Sorry, got these sacks.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in souls a sympathy with sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58517]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2356]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what off for John Kerry is because I believe him. I believe he'll be a good president and a much better president than George Bush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61225]]></link><description><![CDATA[War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,  With nodding arches, broken temples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54410]]></link><description><![CDATA[See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,  With nodding arches, broken temples spread!   The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always hope. So far we've been OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always hope. So far we've been OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sheep in sheep's clothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11522]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sheep in sheep's clothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31106]]></link><description><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all of them were different. There were 650,000 the year before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may appear a low-level crime, but it's the kind of crime that seriously affects the lives of people in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may appear a low-level crime, but it's the kind of crime that seriously affects the lives of people in Edinburgh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on the heels of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8670]]></link><description><![CDATA[An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be referred to any other object, point as with silent finger to the sky and stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so to tread As if the wind, not she, did walk;  Nor prest a flower, nor bow'd a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16412]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so to tread As if the wind, not she, did walk;  Nor prest a flower, nor bow'd a stalk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to impact a lot of competitors. There are a lot of partners doing business with other companies, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33855]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to impact a lot of competitors. There are a lot of partners doing business with other companies, but I am not going to focus on [names].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘the doer’ is merely a fiction added to the deed – the deed is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11658]]></link><description><![CDATA[‘the doer’ is merely a fiction added to the deed – the deed is everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  Each of us individually has risen into moral life from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  Each of us individually has risen into moral life from a mode of being which was purely natural; in other words, each of us also has fallen -- fallen, presumably in ways determined by his natural constitution, yet certainly, as conscience assures us, in ways for which we are morally answerable, and to which, in the moral constitution of the world, consequences attach which we must recognise as our due. They are not only results of our action, but results which that action has merited; and there is no moral hope for us unless we accept them as such.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through  The growing waters; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through  The growing waters; it unmans one quite,   Especially when life is rather new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5056</guid></item></channel></rss>