<?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[Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide, There was no cause for weeping, save when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54443]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide, There was no cause for weeping, save when the good man died.  [Fr., Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira   Que le peuple, qui l'enterra pleura.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65413]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way up and the way down are one and the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way up and the way down are one and the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19625]]></link><description><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's two-fold use we might display,   By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's completely irrelevant whether something is good or bad or valuable or worthless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41394]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's completely irrelevant whether something is good or bad or valuable or worthless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or sectarian or tribal or political discrimination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2021]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10964]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the Republican presidential nomination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially when you get the curly koa. Because of the complexity of the grain, it's a very challenging wood. Mango is a fabulous wood and it's underrated. For some reason, it doesn't carry the influence that koa does. Mango is some beautiful wood. I work some 30 varieties, generally, because I love the variety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last few minutes, I thought we took a few bad penalties. They are a great team and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32863]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last few minutes, I thought we took a few bad penalties. They are a great team and I think our team can be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30!.30 (inside school hours) during which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30!.30 (inside school hours) during which they will do more than the 9-5ers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soundtrack to Indecent Exposure is a romantic mix of music that I know most women love to hear, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soundtrack to Indecent Exposure is a romantic mix of music that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12020]]></link><description><![CDATA[No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. [Fr., L'on confie son secret dans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54980]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. [Fr., L'on confie son secret dans l'amitie, mais il echappe dans l'amour.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28878]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, it was a crucial time because of the difficulties in the technology capital markets. We had to face the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, it was a crucial time because of the difficulties in the technology capital markets. We had to face the question of do you continue or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man,  And wooes him to be wise? nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man,  And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain;   This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,    And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The zebra fish is ideal because you can freeze the entire fish. Normal freezing is not conducted because it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The zebra fish is ideal because you can freeze the entire fish. Normal freezing is not conducted because it would be too slow and cause ice crystals to form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit pleurumque robustius.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells,   And growing old in drawing nothing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.  [Ger., Zwar sind sie an das Beste nicht gewohnt,   Allein sie haben schrecklich viel gelesen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we didn't really want to push the fund-raising side of the event and wanted to present it more as a way to relieve stress. Walking is good for the heart and a great way to relieve stress, which everyone needs these days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768</guid></item></channel></rss>