<?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[People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47512]]></link><description><![CDATA[People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic operations quite carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65645]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into it. This is typical equipment, and you could have an occasional breakdown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20751]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3866]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start to expect things from you, and it all goes downhill from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and I against any two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and I against any two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These broad evaluations of Iran as a present and growing threat highlight the truly perilous situation most Americans see outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31633]]></link><description><![CDATA[These broad evaluations of Iran as a present and growing threat highlight the truly perilous situation most Americans see outside our boarders. We haven't even finished one war and many already see the potential need for another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have had problems playing teams that don't have good records. This is the first time this year we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have had problems playing teams that don't have good records. This is the first time this year we have led wire to wire. One of our goals was to run and if we didn't have anything, to set it up in the half court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62385]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43926]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  It seems to me to be the best proof of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.  ... The Colloquies of Erasmus    April 30, 1998  Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  What keeps most men in "Christian" countries from being heretics in this sense is that they do not publicly avow their disbelief: it is in better taste to be casual about lost beliefs, and a note of wistfulness generally ensures forgiveness. Obstinacy is rare. Millions do not even know that they deny essential Christian doctrines: they have never bothered to find out what the essential doctrines are. In extenuation they may plead that the evasiveness and the multiplicity of churches create a difficulty; but to be deterred by this when one's eternal destiny is said to be at stake bespeaks a glaring lack of seriousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her voice, the music of the spheres, So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;  As wise philosophers have thought,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her voice, the music of the spheres, So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;  As wise philosophers have thought,   And that's the cause we hear it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25452]]></link><description><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With tooth and nail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48539]]></link><description><![CDATA[With tooth and nail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13085]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26780]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47432]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28984]]></link><description><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of technology and Internet-based brands. Companies that take a proactive approach to managing their brands are in a much better position to earn respect from their customers, as exemplified by the top-ranked brands on the list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45098]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete... babies are almost the only remaining link with nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28257]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was not his usual, energetic self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't put new wine into old bottles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't put new wine into old bottles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Milosevic was in power all ethnic Albanians preferred having the west on their side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41762]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Milosevic was in power all ethnic Albanians preferred having the west on their side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35207]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35207</guid></item></channel></rss>