<?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[Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62938]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12834]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2532]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2434]]></link><description><![CDATA[America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by Death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by Death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion- it is an evil government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a lily cup, and now   Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,    In his wandering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think to the extent that it keeps them on their toes, it's a good thing. It certainly helps, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think to the extent that it keeps them on their toes, it's a good thing. It certainly helps, so long as they continue being peaceful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home,  And call the cattle home,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54323]]></link><description><![CDATA["O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home,  And call the cattle home,   Across the sands o' Dee;"    The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam     And all alone went she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to form my own opionions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64287]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18534]]></link><description><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64884]]></link><description><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because people want to come out and hear us. The goal is to keep building, and that takes time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16219]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. It does require bilateral discussions with another country, but we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. It does require bilateral discussions with another country, but we're cautiously looking at being there by the fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare supra seipsum in spiritu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and he conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People love the horse, and that's what it is all about. This is something that money can't buy. I've owned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36316]]></link><description><![CDATA[People love the horse, and that's what it is all about. This is something that money can't buy. I've owned horses for 27 years, and you dream of something like this. But I never dreamed that I'd have the wonder horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44215</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[Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are so swamped, I guess that they're not getting much of anything right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34364]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are so swamped, I guess that they're not getting much of anything right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperate maladies require desperate remedies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9451]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23724</guid></item></channel></rss>