<?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[He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58423]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were once wild here ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61578]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were once wild here]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2309]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,   Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College students have a lot of things they are concerned about, but the fact that 39 percent is most concerned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40253]]></link><description><![CDATA[College students have a lot of things they are concerned about, but the fact that 39 percent is most concerned with the war in Iraq is worth studying because that's about 20 percentage points higher than the general public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. Now he would have given all he had or ever might have to hold her warm in his arms, both of them wrapped in one blanket, and sleep. All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23460]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (2 Samuel 7:27)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23342]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing by in silence that very large and powerful body which form the fourth estate in the community . . . the Mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns  Into a royal court with green ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns  Into a royal court with green festoons   The banks of dark lagoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kick that scarce would move a horse, May kill a sound divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48079]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kick that scarce would move a horse, May kill a sound divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54947]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57009]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135]]></link><description><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60640]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-rate power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow's warning,  Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2995]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow's warning,  Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue--   An April day in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taking this weekend to sit down and rehash what needs to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41493]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taking this weekend to sit down and rehash what needs to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41493</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[There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27002]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27092]]></link><description><![CDATA[How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is fear that has said its prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54430]]></link><description><![CDATA[You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward To what they were before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward To what they were before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32445]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to cut that last cable. That's when the rover is really born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to cut that last cable. That's when the rover is really born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[until the accused are in custody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41097]]></link><description><![CDATA[until the accused are in custody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5766]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do….]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65102]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203</guid></item></channel></rss>