<?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 man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want you to start a crusade in you life -- to dare to be your best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22045]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want you to start a crusade in you life -- to dare to be your best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before, because of the joy they have in going to the God they serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105]]></link><description><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little frustrated because she never should have had to slide. It's a good thing she's our fastest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little frustrated because she never should have had to slide. It's a good thing she's our fastest runner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4969]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced. It is certainly important to have an intellectual grasp of the orb of Christian truth; but it is still more important to have a vital, living experience of the power of Jesus Christ. When a man undergoes treatment from a doctor, he does not need to know the way in which the drug works on his body in order to be cured. There is a sense in which Christianity is like that. At the heart of Christianity there is a mystery, but it is not the mystery of intellectual appreciation; it the mystery of redemption.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11445]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30169]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55764]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44264]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,he does to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25991]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout my discussions I was confident that a way through the problems could be found and that a business case ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout my discussions I was confident that a way through the problems could be found and that a business case could be made. I'll continue to work with the new company to make sure the project remains viable and has a sustainable future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I said to myself, 'That's an omen, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37789]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I said to myself, 'That's an omen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard  Than can the substance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55301]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard  Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers   Armed in proof and led by shallow Richmond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13648]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18635]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4412]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly adopted the broad moratorium through an agency-wide rule,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6026]]></link><description><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states. [It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states. [It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58715]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21149]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred withlove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignore it. No answer is necessary, Your Excellency. The president does not know his place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignore it. No answer is necessary, Your Excellency. The president does not know his place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60021]]></link><description><![CDATA[This I ever held worse that all certitude,  To know not what the worst ahead might be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investor confidence about profits at exporters is getting much stronger for the coming fiscal year. The dollar's advance is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investor confidence about profits at exporters is getting much stronger for the coming fiscal year. The dollar's advance is a major support for the bullish outlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life goal was for me to reach out to the needy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37956]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life goal was for me to reach out to the needy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16166]]></link><description><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised, And mine that I was proud on--mine so much  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18479]]></link><description><![CDATA[But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised, And mine that I was proud on--mine so much  That I myself was to myself not mine,   Valuing of her--why she, O, she is fall'n    Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea     Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,      And salt too little which may season give       To her foul tainted flesh!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42538]]></link><description><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is just look, because you're stunned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46962</guid></item></channel></rss>