<?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[There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65568]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!  I know whose love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!  I know whose love would follow me still,   Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22430]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back  How he esteems your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back  How he esteems your merit,   Is such a friend, that one had need    Be very much his friend indeed     To pardon or to bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. I treat it like a battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2666]]></link><description><![CDATA[If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65528]]></link><description><![CDATA[People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28631]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid is going to make it, but it gives you a better shot if you help him along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's minutes prompted buying of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's minutes prompted buying of electronics makers today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31354]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no index of character so sure as the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60932]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no index of character so sure as the voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51820]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the scientific evidence that doctors rely upon to prescribe drugs is more like infomercials than scientific evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the scientific evidence that doctors rely upon to prescribe drugs is more like infomercials than scientific evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2850]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be very proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60167]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5917]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We firmly expect to achieve progress and advance beyond agreements reached at ... previous talks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28848]]></link><description><![CDATA[We firmly expect to achieve progress and advance beyond agreements reached at ... previous talks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never thought our business would grow this fast, but more people are becoming aware of this technology. In our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never thought our business would grow this fast, but more people are becoming aware of this technology. In our state of current affairs, people are fed up and looking for alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Christ claims our help in many a strange disguise: Now, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Christ claims our help in many a strange disguise: Now, fever ridden, on a bed He lies; Homeless He wanders now beneath the stars; Now counts the number of His prison bars; Now bends beside us, crowned with hoary hairs. No need have we to climb the heavenly stairs And press our kisses on His feet and hands; In every man that suffers, He, the Man of Sorrows, stands.  ... Anonymous    March 5, 1998  When we have, through Christ, obtained mercy for our persons, we need not fear but that we shall have suitable and seasonable help for our duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By this verdict, the jury has found that death is a possible sentence in this case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34162]]></link><description><![CDATA[By this verdict, the jury has found that death is a possible sentence in this case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...aesthetic values are changed under the influence of sexual emotion; from the lover's point of view many things are beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52041]]></link><description><![CDATA[...aesthetic values are changed under the influence of sexual emotion; from the lover's point of view many things are beautiful which are unbeautiful from the point of view of him who is not a lover, and the greater the degree to which the lover is swayed by his passion the greater the extent to which his normal aesthetic standard is liable to be modified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it may fairly be doubted if any political tyranny ever imposed on its people such a fear, such a longing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47099]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it may fairly be doubted if any political tyranny ever imposed on its people such a fear, such a longing for freedom, such a paralysis of the spirit, as disease. I doubt if the average Englishman felt himself as much oppressed by Charles I as by the plague; or if any colonial American was as much in dread of taxation without representation as of smallpox. And it may reasonably be contended that Walter Reed and William Crawford Gorgas brought to man freedom in a more happy sense and in a larger measure than any military or political leader.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On all the peaks lies peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27967]]></link><description><![CDATA[On all the peaks lies peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12374]]></link><description><![CDATA[How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those curious locks so aptly twin'd, Whose every hair a soul doth bind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those curious locks so aptly twin'd, Whose every hair a soul doth bind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce:  It's fitter being sane than mad.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce:  It's fitter being sane than mad.   My own hope is, a sun will pierce    The thickest cloud earth ever stretched;     That, after Last, returns the First,      Though a wide compass round be fetched;       That what began best, can't end worst,        Nor what God blessed once, prove accurst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9144</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></channel></rss>