<?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[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.  [Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45722]]></link><description><![CDATA[By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.  [Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.   Font plus que force ni que rage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Aesthetics of Repetition II ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Aesthetics of Repetition II]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Remember, a small light will do a great deal when it is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Remember, a small light will do a great deal when it is in a very dark place. Put one little tallow candle in the middle of a large hall, and it will give a good deal of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A credulous thing is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A credulous thing is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gets through too late who goes too fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18789]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gets through too late who goes too fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16619]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   The wren with little quill--    . . . .     The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,      The plain-song cuckoo grey,       Whose note full many a man doth mark,        And dares not answer nay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do think there has been an air of cooperation, and I think we are going to read this here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do think there has been an air of cooperation, and I think we are going to read this here and see we have made some progress on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There beauty half her glory veils, In cabs, those gondolas on wheels." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25405]]></link><description><![CDATA["There beauty half her glory veils, In cabs, those gondolas on wheels."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12725]]></link><description><![CDATA[My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly a large premium on oil prices due to the ongoing tensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4656]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the Florida catastrophe fund. Commissioners are calling for special sessions in legislature and are hoping that the process will be more seamless than it was in Florida.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our chance. We were up by two games with three to play ? that's all you can ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our chance. We were up by two games with three to play ? that's all you can ask for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of the things he has said. He keeps saying it will be a war, but he has got me more fired up than I've been for any fight and we'll see how he copes when I meet him in the middle of the ring. I think I'm too good and too hot for him to handle. He's never been at this level before and he's in for a shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35469]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block to many shots because when you block a lot of shots it comes with a lot of whistles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill;  There's music in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43444]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill;  There's music in all things, if men had ears:   Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28562]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way things are going in the world and in America -- allowing people to do what they like, creating their own religion and philosophy -- those people are going to pay for it. We don't want that to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970]]></link><description><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that they display in traffic. -M.A. Kelly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tithe, and be rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tithe, and be rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,   No winter in thy year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms... where there are good arms there must be good laws...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[t's just hard to meet new people, in my position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66481]]></link><description><![CDATA[t's just hard to meet new people, in my position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies! If captains the remark, or critics, make,  Why they lie also--under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26113]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies! If captains the remark, or critics, make,  Why they lie also--under a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that there is no human relationship between master and slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11080]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacred cows make the best hamburger ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sacred cows make the best hamburger]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079]]></link><description><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079</guid></item></channel></rss>