<?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[The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17280]]></link><description><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45071]]></link><description><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the waters far,   "Just drop your bucket where you are."    And then they dipped and drank their fill     Of water fresh from mead and hill;      And then they knew they sailed upon       The broad mouth of the Amazon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forget, divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16519]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forget, divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is as important as anything I've done as an owner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40684]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is as important as anything I've done as an owner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8290]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30210]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but they will see there's very limited space. And the space they have open, I'd be surprised if they (have) any luck finding a place to live,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sheep in sheep's clothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11522]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sheep in sheep's clothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48788]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And half a world away!    Rose-red and blood-red     The stripes forever gleam;      Snow-white and soul-white--       The good forefathers' dream;        Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright--         The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter through the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15970]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53017]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55928]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and the false sincere;   Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11933]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun. It will just go black. It will just go back to the way it was before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many ghosts, and forms of fright, Have started from their graves to-night,  They have driven sleep from mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2781]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many ghosts, and forms of fright, Have started from their graves to-night,  They have driven sleep from mine eyes away;   I will go down to the chapel and pray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664    All the revelations of God, as well as the laws of men, go upon this presumption, that men are not stark fools, but that they will consider their interest and have some regard to the great concernment of their eternal salvation. And this is as much to secure men from mistake in matters of belief as God hath afforded to keep men from sin in matters of practice. He hath made no effectual and infallible provision that men shall not sin; and yet it would puzzle any man to give a good reason why God should take more care to secure men against errors in belief than against sin and wickedness in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function of science and art. There is no process by which to reach an ideal. There are no tests by which to verify it. It is therefore impossible to frame a proposition about an ideal which can be proved or disproved. It follows that the use of ideals is to be strictly limited to proper cases, and that the attempt to use ideals in social discussion does not deserve serious consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a shock to us to see these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36039]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a shock to us to see these.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52676]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water a farre off quencheth not fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water a farre off quencheth not fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't want rich people living off poor people who are selling body parts to stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35577]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't want rich people living off poor people who are selling body parts to stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I feel good about the way I played tonight. I was moving well and feeling healthy so it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29173]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I feel good about the way I played tonight. I was moving well and feeling healthy so it was all good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.  The plains are everlasting as the hills, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.  The plains are everlasting as the hills,   The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else    Comes on the mind with the like shock as though     Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25541]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18628</guid></item></channel></rss>