<?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[We're trying to get him in the NFL Hall now and that's going to be tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33896]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to get him in the NFL Hall now and that's going to be tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27162]]></link><description><![CDATA[He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40479]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main worry short term is the drop in the Nasdaq. The U.S. didn't back up Argentina today, so there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main worry short term is the drop in the Nasdaq. The U.S. didn't back up Argentina today, so there's still a bit of worry about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. . . . It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48146]]></link><description><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. . . . It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289]]></link><description><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in the midst of it without worldly tempers, who comply with their share in the offices of human life without complying with the spirit that reigneth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252]]></link><description><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56125]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place their desires afar off, carry their accomplishment behind the clouds out of their sight, interpose difficulties and perplexities -- their hearts are instantly sick. They cannot wait for God; they do not trust Him, nor ever did. Would you have the presence of God with you? Learn to wait quietly for the salvation you expect from Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an appetite nor restrain lust nor subdue a passion nor cross his covetousness and ambition for the sake of it, and in hope of that eternal life which God that cannot lie hath promised. He that refuses to do the less is not like to do the greater. It is very improbable that a man will die for his religion, when he cannot be persuaded to live according to it. He that cannot take up a resolution to live a saint, hath a demonstration within himself that he is never like to die a martyr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; they put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62021]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good reason and the real reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good reason and the real reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35325]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of bumps in the road. You just move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12859]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Muslim masses, ... ... do not rally except against an outside occupying enemy, especially if the enemy is firstly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29796]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Muslim masses, ... ... do not rally except against an outside occupying enemy, especially if the enemy is firstly Jewish, and secondly American.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richard was a bright guy. He had a lot of good travel skills, obviously. Many (escapees) just stay right around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Richard was a bright guy. He had a lot of good travel skills, obviously. Many (escapees) just stay right around Salem, so we've been able to bring them back into the hospital. We haven't been that lucky with Richard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing, And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,  May all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing, And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,  May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling,   Silent as though they watched the sleeping Earth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising for travel and resorts virtually vanished with the war and those will trickle back, but there are other issues ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising for travel and resorts virtually vanished with the war and those will trickle back, but there are other issues facing the stocks. Help wanted advertising has hit a 40-year bottom with the surge in unemployment and retail advertising continues to be soft with an uncertain consumer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23226]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59667]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national borders to reach consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national borders to reach consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why he went off the road we don't know, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why he went off the road we don't know,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will be served must bee patient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49407]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will be served must bee patient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Garden is a Friend You Can Visit Anytime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17191]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Garden is a Friend You Can Visit Anytime]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8847</guid></item></channel></rss>