<?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[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck  Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb   The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch  The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea,  He wields a mighty scepter   O'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43217]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea,  He wields a mighty scepter   O'er lesser powers that be;    But a mightier power and stronger     Man from his throne has hurled,      For the hand that rocks the cradle       Is the hand that rules the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century.   - Ralph Waldo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55316]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Zionists should prepare ... bags to collect the remains of their soldiers and settlers because we are going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Zionists should prepare ... bags to collect the remains of their soldiers and settlers because we are going to hit in the depths of the entity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,  Being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22932]]></link><description><![CDATA[In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,  Being full of supper and distemp'ring draughts,   Upon malicious knavery does thou come    To start my quiet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56837]]></link><description><![CDATA[K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the gift that keeps on giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33751]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the gift that keeps on giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and never out of the way." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55219]]></link><description><![CDATA["Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and never out of the way."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per share growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64991]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36851]]></link><description><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26580]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8916]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is proof that people are gullible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is proof that people are gullible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refuse to wave the flagRefuse to move the missiles from the warehouseto the dock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Refuse to wave the flagRefuse to move the missiles from the warehouseto the dock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43857]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bat and the WeaselsA BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bat and the WeaselsA BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32853]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets... your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55001]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets... your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows... and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you; even if the rest of the world does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money to pay their light bill by the end of 2007. So there?s definitely going to be a need for changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear  The better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53099]]></link><description><![CDATA[But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear  The better reason, to perplex and dash   Maturest counsels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger than all fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger than all fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26593]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only one eye,--I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only one eye,--I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53265]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart.Then in living - I have made my mark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26328]]></link><description><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prision, I am not free. -Eugene V Debs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends, He hurts me most who lavishly commends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends, He hurts me most who lavishly commends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16766</guid></item></channel></rss>