<?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[It's been a big focus as to who will be the next Fed chairman, and the market is relieved to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a big focus as to who will be the next Fed chairman, and the market is relieved to know that it's going to be someone decent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61553]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63132]]></link><description><![CDATA[True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62883]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness  And in the taste confounds the appetite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness  And in the taste confounds the appetite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the great purpose of all things, and pressing forward to finish the work which is in sight, whatever the price may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug prices are much more than a casual concern for New Yorkers. As prices continue to increase, they've become an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drug prices are much more than a casual concern for New Yorkers. As prices continue to increase, they've become an obstacle to being able to live a healthy life. This survey shows not only that high drug costs are a problem, but that people expect their legislators to do something about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65303]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280   Where, then, does happiness lie? In forgetfulness, not indulgence, of the self. In escape from sensual appetites, not in their satisfaction We live in a dark, self-enclosed prison, which is all we see or know if our glance is fixed ever downward. To lift it upward, becoming aware of the wide, luminous universe outside -- this alone is happiness. At its highest level, such happiness is the ecstasy that mystics have inadequately described At more humdrum levels, it is human love; the delights and beauties of our dear earth, its colors and shapes and sounds; the enchantment of understanding and laughing, and all other exercise of such faculties as we possess; the marvel of the meaning of everything, fitfully glimpsed, inadequately expounded, but ever present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52147]]></link><description><![CDATA[No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very retro-looking. They used to have all types of paraphernalia on the walls but all that's changed, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39600]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very retro-looking. They used to have all types of paraphernalia on the walls but all that's changed, and it gives the place a more updated look. It's very fresh looking and seems to be brighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27494]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kept urgency. That was a big factor. We kept playing hard on defense and stuck with the game plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39634]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kept urgency. That was a big factor. We kept playing hard on defense and stuck with the game plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the final form of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the final form of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear The public burthen of the nation's care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54494]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear The public burthen of the nation's care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogance diminishes wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrogance diminishes wisdom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety is the soul of pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety is the soul of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731]]></link><description><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostess, clap to the doors. Watch to-night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hostess, clap to the doors. Watch to-night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you! What, shall we be merry? Shall we have a play extempore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a juried show. We look at the crafts and make sure they are handmade. We try to be careful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33308]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a juried show. We look at the crafts and make sure they are handmade. We try to be careful about the balance so we have a mix of everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to think continentally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to think continentally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty in all things is charming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty in all things is charming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, 'I think I'm cured.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17074]]></link><description><![CDATA[For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you won't be any good, ... But when you really research it, you see those guys have played and they have the ability. The great thing about athletics is that what's written doesn't make any difference. It's what you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56457]]></link><description><![CDATA[So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Christianity was muscular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6156]]></link><description><![CDATA[His Christianity was muscular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars, Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields  Of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars, Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields  Of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57813</guid></item></channel></rss>