<?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[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the fall and winter, he has shown a lot of improvement. I think he has shown that he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the fall and winter, he has shown a lot of improvement. I think he has shown that he can take control of that position if he would choose to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer,  And, singing gently ever,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58450]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer,  And, singing gently ever,   Dips under the water clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devotion is not a passing emotion: it is a fixed, enduring habit of mind permeating the whole life and shaping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devotion is not a passing emotion: it is a fixed, enduring habit of mind permeating the whole life and shaping every action. It rests upon a conviction that God is the Sole Source of Holiness, and that our part is to lean upon Him and be absolutely guided and governed by Him; and it necessitates an abiding hold on Him, a perpetual habit of listening for His Voice within the heart, as of readiness to obey the dictates of that Voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62027]]></link><description><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sin is the result of collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47405]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2642]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14204]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1904]]></link><description><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22306]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse stumbles that hath foure legges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49038]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None knowes the weight of anothers burthen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49662]]></link><description><![CDATA[None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things and you say "Why?"; but I dream things that never were and I say "Why not?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60870]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things and you say "Why?"; but I dream things that never were and I say "Why not?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The years teach much which the days never knew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62800]]></link><description><![CDATA[The years teach much which the days never knew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10939</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[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant. [Lat., Justum et tenacem propositi virum  Non civium ardor prava jubentium,   Non vultus instantis tyranni,    Mente quatit solida.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/245]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou blossom! bright with autumn dew, And colour's with the heaven's own blue,  That openest when the quiet light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou blossom! bright with autumn dew, And colour's with the heaven's own blue,  That openest when the quiet light   Succeeds the keen and frosty night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would have liked that the wish for appeasement had prevailed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34957]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would have liked that the wish for appeasement had prevailed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dubai has been trying to prove to the rest of the Arab world that there is life after oil, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dubai has been trying to prove to the rest of the Arab world that there is life after oil, and that in fact it's a better life. The good news is there is room for a second and a third Dubai, just like there was room for a second Singapore in Asia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43130]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Der Kaiser of dis Faderland, Und Gott on high all dings commands,  We two--ach! Don't you understand?   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Der Kaiser of dis Faderland, Und Gott on high all dings commands,  We two--ach! Don't you understand?   Myself--und Gott.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36079]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense played well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1270</guid></item></channel></rss>