<?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[A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1842]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly 7 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30062]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly 7 years after we got engaged, we are content to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love my neighbor as myself, Myself like him too, by his leave,  Nor to his pleasure, power or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27508]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love my neighbor as myself, Myself like him too, by his leave,  Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf   Came I to crouch, as I conceive.    Dame Nature doubtless has designed     A man the monarch of his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wonder if the Christians made an impression out of all proportion to their numbers. Conviction in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6620]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wonder if the Christians made an impression out of all proportion to their numbers. Conviction in the midst of waverers, fiery energy in a world of disillusion, purity in an age of easy morals, firm brotherhood in a loose society, heroic courage in a time of persecution, formed a problem that could not be set aside, however polite society might affect to ignore it: and the religion of the future turned on the answer to it. Would the world be able to explain it better than the Christians, who said it was the living power of the risen Saviour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,--  Are but the solemn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44877]]></link><description><![CDATA[That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,--  Are but the solemn decorations all   Of the great tomb of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enemies carry a report in form different from the original. [Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est ferunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enemies carry a report in form different from the original. [Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est ferunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48065]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva, into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51617]]></link><description><![CDATA[It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was false propaganda by the administrationthat there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraqand that Al Qaeda was connected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45964]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was false propaganda by the administrationthat there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraqand that Al Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, ... tired of common sense and civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheer up, the worst is yet to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,  This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,  This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,   Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6470]]></link><description><![CDATA[If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that we are compelled to abandon only a "particular theory of inspiration..." We must go on to say that that "particular theory of inspiration" is the theory of the apostles and of the Lord, and that in abandoning it we are abandoning them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of carpayments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21918]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of carpayments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict you of theft? Why do you attempt to associate foxes with lions, and make owls pass for eagles? Though you had one of Ladas's legs, you would not be able, blockhead, to run with the other leg of wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's what he is, a hooligan -- committed these very flagrant fouls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty once lost, never returns into favour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar sup,   I would not change for thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are going to say 'no,' ... The success is that all Iraqis ... found out that the polling station is the way to deal with the political problems in Iraq, to deal with the violence in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I go to see the sun for the last time. [Fr., Je m'em vais voir le soleil pour la derniere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24122]]></link><description><![CDATA[I go to see the sun for the last time. [Fr., Je m'em vais voir le soleil pour la derniere fois.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61166]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40233]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundance, like want, ruins many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abundance, like want, ruins many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard about the walk event last year when my sister called to tell me that she could no longer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard about the walk event last year when my sister called to tell me that she could no longer participate. My sister works very hard dealing with the effects of her MS. She is selfless and committed to finding a cure. Each year, instead of accepting a gift for her birthday and Christmas, she asks that we donate to the National MS Society. She is the strongest person I know, and that's why I had to get involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sorts of romantics: those who love, and those who love the adventure of loving ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25976]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sorts of romantics: those who love, and those who love the adventure of loving]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62399]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62399</guid></item></channel></rss>