<?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[A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61899]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, 'We did this ourselves.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by Dr Hegdewar in 1925, did the same work Vivekanand aspired for - making men,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you;  Wherever you stay, wherever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you;  Wherever you stay, wherever you go,   May the beautiful palms of Allah grow;    Through days of labor, and nights of rest,     The love of Good Allah make you blest;      So I touch my heart--as the Easterners do,       May the peace of Allah abide with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the game is half mental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the game is half mental.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps hishead will get ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps hishead will get ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Race highlights the fact that in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Race highlights the fact that in our congregational life we usually do not reflect the variety of cultures. There are Asian, West Indian, and Anglo-Saxon congregations worshiping and meeting close to each other. These groups meet at work and in school, but not always in church. If the church is middle-class and intellectual in the language of the services, in the music employed, in the life-style expected of Christians, in its leadership, and in the methods of presenting the gospel, then the whole atmosphere is such as to repel those who are not middle-class and intellectual. They feel out of place and unwanted, even if they are given a friendly greeting at the door. The life of the New Testament Church was evidence of the supernatural; God was in their midst. The power of Christ was a reality. The fellowship could not be explained in simple natural terms. A church divided on social and racial lines is not evidence for the supernatural, but for the simply human and social.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,   Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,    Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,     You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave burdens, also shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22121]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave burdens, also shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shapes himself through decision that shape his environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shapes himself through decision that shape his environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586]]></link><description><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and move there, and now we understand, the best reports we're getting that our house there is underwater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63386]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44500]]></link><description><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who had been   O'er heaven and earth, spoke thus, his bright wings furled,    And knelt to Nature first, on the wild cliff unseen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you have said I will consider; what you have to say  I will with patience hear, and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9867]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you have said I will consider; what you have to say  I will with patience hear, and find a time   Both meet to hear and answer such high things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65145]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27215]]></link><description><![CDATA[You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody has any doubt that ETA wanted to attack before the general elections, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody has any doubt that ETA wanted to attack before the general elections,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49370]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She bears her down majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56166]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bears her down majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57928]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, But God will bring him where the Blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61785]]></link><description><![CDATA[You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61785</guid></item></channel></rss>