<?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[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom comes by disillusionment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58723]]></link><description><![CDATA[To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23906]]></link><description><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them eat cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them eat cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36129]]></link><description><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how we approach this. It is a touchy subject and we don't want people to think we are shoving something down their throats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that the best defense is offense, and I intend to start offending right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57543]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that the best defense is offense, and I intend to start offending right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them --but at the same time I sensed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them --but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. -Margaret Fuller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19429]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,\" I say. \"Controlling you is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,\" I say. \"Controlling you is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17178]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn. -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55595]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep   In the next valley-glades:    Was it a vision, or a waking dream?     Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you speak insults you will hear them also. [Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22845]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you speak insults you will hear them also. [Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16990]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste is slow. [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste is slow. [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20925]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne. [The wolf must die in his own skin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne. [The wolf must die in his own skin.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14839]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And eternity's despair!    And they heart the words it said--     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!      Pan, Pan is dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine  For I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine  For I have none to give; I love Thee, Lord, but all that love is Thine,  For by Thy life I live. I am as nothing, and rejoice to be Emptied and lost and swallowed up in Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the under-wood and the over-wood There is murmur and trill this day,  For every bird is in lyric ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26617]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the under-wood and the over-wood There is murmur and trill this day,  For every bird is in lyric mood,   And the wind will have its way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the spring comes slowly up this way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57781]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the spring comes slowly up this way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence gives consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence gives consent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the moment of death I hope to be surprised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63822]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle. [Lat., Quid non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22923]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle. [Lat., Quid non ebrietas designat? Operta recludit;  Spes jubet esse ratas; in praelia trudit inermem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, hangs silent on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43057]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32586]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one of the huge highlights so far of my coaching career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23321]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part of the tea equipage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sorrow never comes but brings an heir, That may succeed as his inheritor;  And so in ours, some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51463]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sorrow never comes but brings an heir, That may succeed as his inheritor;  And so in ours, some neighboring nation,   Taking advantage of our misery,    Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,     To beat us down, the which are down already;      And make a conquest of unhappy,       Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51463</guid></item></channel></rss>