<?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[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free," "I am free." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free," "I am free."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf and the LambWOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf and the LambWOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49553]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21755]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. - The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. - The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Skype team's thinking is they don't need help. They've got the best product and the market will come to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Skype team's thinking is they don't need help. They've got the best product and the market will come to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Concerned Citizens for Bella Vista) recognized the need to have a plan or blueprint of how to get from A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35034]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Concerned Citizens for Bella Vista) recognized the need to have a plan or blueprint of how to get from A to B.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64715]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/643]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37834]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are theanvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22669]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are theanvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22658]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35562]]></link><description><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum while providing maximum exposure. He was instrumental in developing an Air Force Reserve Player of the Game' award presented at all home games. He has promoted Military Appreciation Days and first pitch opportunities for all branches of the military. His patriotism is second to none, and his marketing expertise has greatly benefited the 302nd Airlift Wing recruiting effort over the past ten years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24700]]></link><description><![CDATA[As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37210]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger was cracking jokes and relating some locker room stories. He also imitated a few players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tiger was cracking jokes and relating some locker room stories. He also imitated a few players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50447]]></link><description><![CDATA[He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the winners decide what were war crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the winners decide what were war crimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The physician heals, Nature makes well. [Lat., Medicus curat, Natura sanat morbus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The physician heals, Nature makes well. [Lat., Medicus curat, Natura sanat morbus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,  That meat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20161]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,  That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not   Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds    They vented their complainings, which being answered     And a petition granted them, a strange one,      To break the heart of generosity,       And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps        As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,         Shouting their emulation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46407]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638</guid></item></channel></rss>