<?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 wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15356]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17739]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition). [Lat., Dens Theonia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition). [Lat., Dens Theonia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party  To the church doth hie!   Bell, thou soundest solemnly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party  To the church doth hie!   Bell, thou soundest solemnly,    When, on Sabbath morning,     Fields deserted lie!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60316]]></link><description><![CDATA[If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I go back to those who say: what if the heavens fall? [Lat., Redeo ad illes qui aiunt: quid si ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I go back to those who say: what if the heavens fall? [Lat., Redeo ad illes qui aiunt: quid si coelum ruat?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time has come for concerted action to share the burden of adjustment and maximize the benefits that such action ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time has come for concerted action to share the burden of adjustment and maximize the benefits that such action can produce,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who fails to plan, plans to fail ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46658]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who fails to plan, plans to fail]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time and design a coalition government that will be stable and stay the course for four years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when a judge needs additional assistance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33476]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when a judge needs additional assistance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I reject your reality and substitute it for my own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20485]]></link><description><![CDATA[I reject your reality and substitute it for my own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just crashed down and I didn't know how to get help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35415]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just crashed down and I didn't know how to get help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He could make the same experiences with Werder instead of Bayern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40188]]></link><description><![CDATA[He could make the same experiences with Werder instead of Bayern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weapons should be only the hands of the government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weapons should be only the hands of the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27555]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60407]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2701]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just as they made rivers of blood flow in our countries, we will make volcanoes of anger erupt in their countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65565]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live without God's giving it daily bread, then and no sooner shall I believe that my soul, which daily sinneth, can spiritually live without God's forgiving it its trespasses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/605]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was the running joke in Miami, they were cutting me and recalling me so many times. I had six ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was the running joke in Miami, they were cutting me and recalling me so many times. I had six or seven termination letters, and there were guys who felt so bad for me they were picking my luggage up for me and putting it in my locker each time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48281]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45616]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy   Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,    Which scorns a modern invocation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56108]]></link><description><![CDATA[What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â it's called partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â it's called partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  [Dr. Johnson to a Quaker:] Oh, let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  [Dr. Johnson to a Quaker:] Oh, let us not be found, when our Master calls us, ripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do our own private protection for our own cell phones. The reality is everything is available to you if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40118]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do our own private protection for our own cell phones. The reality is everything is available to you if you connive enough. It doesn't surprise me you can get other people's cell phone bills for a fee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64726]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4521</guid></item></channel></rss>