<?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[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33013]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night  Whiter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night  Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27654]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64893]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun with light umbertouches vined cucumberThe more he ticklesthe more there are pickles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun with light umbertouches vined cucumberThe more he ticklesthe more there are pickles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through the neglect of his former masters. On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or complexion. What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31155]]></link><description><![CDATA[My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon, ... This mission will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34588]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon, ... This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens ... our youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46272]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man does nothing by constraint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man does nothing by constraint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32119]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64348]]></link><description><![CDATA[For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory   Our stout old Commodores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not going to stop there. To Tunisia, classical diplomacy is not enough. We also want to base our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28244]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not going to stop there. To Tunisia, classical diplomacy is not enough. We also want to base our actions and relations with the foreign market on private diplomacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57302]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ears   Which in those days I heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26116]]></link><description><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. [Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, what a mansion have those vices got Which for their habitation chose out thee,  Where beauty's veil doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60512]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, what a mansion have those vices got Which for their habitation chose out thee,  Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot   And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44092]]></link><description><![CDATA[All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the shadow of his wings   He can at pleasure stint their melody:    Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43747]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The criterion for our intercessory prayer is not our earnestness, nor our faithfulness, nor even our faith in God, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The criterion for our intercessory prayer is not our earnestness, nor our faithfulness, nor even our faith in God, but simply God Himself. He has taken the initiative from the beginning, and has built our prayers into the structure of the universe. He then asks us to present these requests to Him that He may show His gracious hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47110]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And hold up to the sun my little taper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3520]]></link><description><![CDATA[And hold up to the sun my little taper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29039]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. Political dialogue has to be the main tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29039</guid></item></channel></rss>