<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4315]]></link><description><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/525]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45210]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;   It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.    'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes     The throned monarch better than his crown.      His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,       The attribute to awe and majesty,        Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;         But mercy is above this scept'red sway;          It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;           It is an attribute to God himself,            And earthly power doth then show likest God's             When mercy seasons justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57609]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' (on a former player)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/93]]></link><description><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/93</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  I have seen and read somewhat of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  I have seen and read somewhat of the writings of learned men concerning the state of future glory; some of them are filled with excellent notions of truth, and elegancy of speech, whereby they cannot but much affect the minds of those who duly consider what they say. But -- I know not well whence it comes to pass -- the things spoken do not abide nor incorporate in our minds. They please and refresh for a little while, like a shower of rain in a dry season, that soaketh not unto the roots of things; the power of them doth not enter into us. Is it not from hence, that their notions of future things are not educed out of the experience which we have of the beginnings of them in this world? Yea, the soul is disturbed, not edified, in all contemplations of future glory, where things are proposed to it whereof in this life it hath neither foretaste, sense, experience, nor evidence. No man ought to look for anything in heaven, but what one way or other he hath some experience of in this life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not condone the sale of Kentucky Derby tickets for higher than face value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38757]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not condone the sale of Kentucky Derby tickets for higher than face value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us do or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us do or die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8977]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wonderful. He's really inspiring me, because he's reaching out to people. This message is meant for us. It's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36406]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wonderful. He's really inspiring me, because he's reaching out to people. This message is meant for us. It's not a mistake God sent him here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou played well. He started one game last year, but this was his real varsity debut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lou played well. He started one game last year, but this was his real varsity debut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear not the future, weep not for the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear not the future, weep not for the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13630]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start When Memory plays an old tune on the heart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start When Memory plays an old tune on the heart!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64189]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knavery and flattery are blood relations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knavery and flattery are blood relations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20526]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of gold   My beautiful castles in Spain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon closer inspection many of the allegedly negative implications of rising international trade and investment for jobs, wages and living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon closer inspection many of the allegedly negative implications of rising international trade and investment for jobs, wages and living standards are belied by the evidence,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through standalone DSL furthers this goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BellSouth is delivering solid revenue growth and strong earnings growth. BellSouth's earnings for the quarter reflect the value of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34074]]></link><description><![CDATA[BellSouth is delivering solid revenue growth and strong earnings growth. BellSouth's earnings for the quarter reflect the value of our asset mix as the industry continues to undergo a transition to new services and new competition emerges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They booked credits from multiple suppliers, with cash tied to future business. It might be perceived as another piece of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39181]]></link><description><![CDATA[They booked credits from multiple suppliers, with cash tied to future business. It might be perceived as another piece of bad news. But it's not a big issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29278]]></link><description><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do anything long enough to escape the habit of livinguntil the escape becomes the habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/584]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do anything long enough to escape the habit of livinguntil the escape becomes the habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:  Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Answer me in one word. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Answer me in one word. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60011]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11669]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the Reds are our most viable alternative. We've talked to some other clubs, but those have been contingent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the Reds are our most viable alternative. We've talked to some other clubs, but those have been contingent discussions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! I grant you I was down and out of breath; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! I grant you I was down and out of breath; and so was he. But we rose both at an instant, and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis  Que les imitateurs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338</guid></item></channel></rss>