<?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[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61335]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   And woo the public eye.    Something I must invent and paint;     But oh my wit is not      Like one of those kind substantives       That answer Who and What?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58306]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. It is the prolonged sacrifice of the rights of some persons at the bidding and for the satisfaction of other persons. The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are opposed to our possessing any identity or upholding any creed that could protect our existence and cohesion, guide our vision and direction, or on which we can rely in our steadfastness,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can call her an outdoor girl if she has the bloom of youth on her cheeks and the cheeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28107]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can call her an outdoor girl if she has the bloom of youth on her cheeks and the cheeks of youth in her bloomers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25960]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;  But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness,   Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find yourself, think for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22759]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find yourself, think for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63649]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is the memory of the heart. [Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is the memory of the heart. [Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it hit his arm below the fence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30332]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it hit his arm below the fence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. -Martha Washington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. -Martha Washington.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent every year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28210]]></link><description><![CDATA[In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent every year. We've just never been able to put it together and play as a team. This year we've played as a team. Everybody's so excited about going to the playoffs. We just want to keep that hope alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything flows; nothing remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything flows; nothing remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men need applause too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men need applause too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the light at the end of the tunnel. The world can be polio-free in another 12 to 18 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30805]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the light at the end of the tunnel. The world can be polio-free in another 12 to 18 months everywhere, and the poorest countries in the world are committed to turning this around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve did a great job at Mirage, but MGM is the acquiring entity here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve did a great job at Mirage, but MGM is the acquiring entity here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15001]]></link><description><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14487]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musick helps not the tooth-ach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Musick helps not the tooth-ach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497]]></link><description><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, that's a fluke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, that's a fluke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is man's expression of his joy in labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688   Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers. Some of it might not be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers. Some of it might not be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55087]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44906]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23887]]></link><description><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . . with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51870</guid></item></channel></rss>