<?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[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801]]></link><description><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home as good calves should;  But made a trail all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4781]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home as good calves should;  But made a trail all bent askew,   A crooked trail as all calves do.    . . . .     And men two centuries and a half      Trod in the footsteps of that calf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fascist sees the mote in his neighbor’s eye, then hits him over the head with the beam in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15324]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fascist sees the mote in his neighbor’s eye, then hits him over the head with the beam in his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody,  I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody,  I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. We must find each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness - A Real Stress Buster -Ed Howe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29417]]></link><description><![CDATA[To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could be interpreted as offensive for one group or another is completely inappropriate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a truck and forced to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4611]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898]]></link><description><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; when those of domination it is accursed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8552]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on a raft in the Atlantic. But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating, and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist. In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will. A man may love a women and not win her; but it would be very odd if the phenomenon called "falling in love" occurred in a sexless world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wrote a lot of prescriptions and he kept a lot for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wrote a lot of prescriptions and he kept a lot for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you like a fat kid loves cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you like a fat kid loves cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I run him over, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I run him over,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51302]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10010]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11789]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The atmosphere Breathes rest and comfort and the many chambers  Seem full of welcomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The atmosphere Breathes rest and comfort and the many chambers  Seem full of welcomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50067]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27739]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And if he will be so, he will lay them bare no further than is necessary to some good end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49544]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America there are two classes of travel--first class, and with children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59587]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America there are two classes of travel--first class, and with children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35334]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1094]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2458]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47158]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60262]]></link><description><![CDATA[As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't adopt them for a day. We just adopted them. We had heard that so many smaller areas were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't adopt them for a day. We just adopted them. We had heard that so many smaller areas were not getting help because of the focus on New Orleans. We all know what it's like to be a little town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4734</guid></item></channel></rss>