<?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[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still a friend in my retreat,   Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nate senses when we're in danger. He had some big drives and foul shots down the stretch and really takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nate senses when we're in danger. He had some big drives and foul shots down the stretch and really takes it over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks  Round from his parted forelock manly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54485]]></link><description><![CDATA[His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks  Round from his parted forelock manly hung   Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second place have an undoubted title to the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second place have an undoubted title to the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38157]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people want to continue life in New Orleans because they love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33500]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people want to continue life in New Orleans because they love it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is tact that is golden, not silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is tact that is golden, not silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20745]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394]]></link><description><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394</guid></item><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[The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8725]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large proportion of Americans smoke, are overweight, and drink alcohol to excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is patiently making my mask as I sleep. Each morning I awake to discover in the corners of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is patiently making my mask as I sleep. Each morning I awake to discover in the corners of my eyes the small tears of his wax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21633]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47159]]></link><description><![CDATA[To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," simply because such systems respond to a diversity of values. The more successfully such systems respond to diversity, the more "chaos" there will be, by definition, according to the standards of any specific set of values- other than diversity or freedom as values. Looked at another way, the more self-righteous observers there are, the more chaos (and "waste") will be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slipping back into a war situation. If the attacks go on, there will come a time when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36732]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slipping back into a war situation. If the attacks go on, there will come a time when the army has to retaliate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong,  Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong,  Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,   Fresh as the trickling rainbow of July;    Sea full of food, the nourisher of kinds,     Purger of earth, and medicine of men;      Creating a sweet climate by my breath,       Washing out harms and griefs from memory,        And, in my mathematic ebb and flow,         Giving a hint of that which changes not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54350]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26268]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate;  The lonely mountains soar in scorn   As still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate;  The lonely mountains soar in scorn   As still as death, as stern as fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24530]]></link><description><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37621]]></link><description><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45043]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely, of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely, of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools to him that can handle them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39</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[Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies Charles Cuevas. He once said "Gimme hockey, or gimme death." He didn't quite get hockey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies Charles Cuevas. He once said "Gimme hockey, or gimme death." He didn't quite get hockey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this.  A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  True spiritual power of the Christian order is a kind of possessedness. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  True spiritual power of the Christian order is a kind of possessedness. It arises in and flows through a life hid with Christ in God. Its source is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the potency of the Holy Spirit. True spiritual power is the child of two parents: the truth as it is revealed in Jesus and our own experience resulting upon our acceptance of Him and His truth. The objective factor is that whole set of facts and truths, of historic events, and of interpretation of them, which is held by the church and set forth in the Bible. The subjective factor is what happens in the crucible of your life and mine when we accept the set of facts and truths and interpretations, and it begins to work in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49008]]></link><description><![CDATA[A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37863]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion of several strategic initiatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37863</guid></item></channel></rss>