<?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[Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44337]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36138]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .   Poems are made by fools like me,    But only God can make a tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9265]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53157]]></link><description><![CDATA[To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of corporations that aren't paying their share at all. We need a more comprehensive mix of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41579]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of corporations that aren't paying their share at all. We need a more comprehensive mix of taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's progress from them. They said when they withdrew from the market that it was because tech stocks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's progress from them. They said when they withdrew from the market that it was because tech stocks were down. They've certainly had developments since then.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It didn't take long. I saw early on that he was a guy who was going to be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It didn't take long. I saw early on that he was a guy who was going to be able to play for us, with his talent and abilities, and he had worked hard to get in shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, 'What was his fault?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just started shooting her, then he shot at the pulpit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46729]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun security.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64402</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://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://maxioms.com/maxiom/34781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1880]]></link><description><![CDATA[To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; out-sized and out-speed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee 100 percent employment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour,  And gather honey all the day   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3914]]></link><description><![CDATA[How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour,  And gather honey all the day   From every opening flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The crack of the whip like shots in battle,   The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads    That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;     The green beneath and the blue above,      And dash, and danger, and life and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things he has begun to do, and continues to do, is focus on Asia. The stock market ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42105]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things he has begun to do, and continues to do, is focus on Asia. The stock market is going to be stable, you are not going to be able to have high-powered growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   Oft gives our life its after-tinge.    The trifles of our daily lives,     The common things, scarce worth recall,      Whereof no visible trace survives,       These are the mainsprings after all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved every minute of being Val but as I said before there were other acting muscles in my body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved every minute of being Val but as I said before there were other acting muscles in my body that I wanted to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more projects looming. Certainly the activity is there, and our customers are healthier than they have been. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35832]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more projects looming. Certainly the activity is there, and our customers are healthier than they have been. The wood composite business continues to do well for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37863]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion of several strategic initiatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commissions taint the whole process, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commissions taint the whole process,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;   When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;    Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55497]]></link><description><![CDATA[From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55497</guid></item></channel></rss>