<?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[Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64167]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past,  A fifth shall close the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past,  A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;   Time's noblest offspring is the last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42802]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66468]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it was homemade or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25680]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42510]]></link><description><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get rid of the volatility factor the stock option expense creates, the earnings growth was actually very good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38454]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get rid of the volatility factor the stock option expense creates, the earnings growth was actually very good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away,  The post of honor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away,  The post of honor is a private station.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love going fast and I also love the jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36943]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love going fast and I also love the jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65334]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dead of midnight is the noon of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that and make small changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it would open up a beautiful part of North Dakota to the whole public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37878]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it would open up a beautiful part of North Dakota to the whole public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all cells in the same body of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all cells in the same body of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason for filing the intervention has been accomplished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39680]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason for filing the intervention has been accomplished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13348]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53664]]></link><description><![CDATA[A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On any other night, giving up 41 points is not a bad defensive effort, but when you only score 33 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31958]]></link><description><![CDATA[On any other night, giving up 41 points is not a bad defensive effort, but when you only score 33 it's a moot point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6745]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our own eye; perhaps that speck in our brother's eye is only a reflection of the beam in our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house   When our gudeman's awa.   - William Julius Mickle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find comfort among those who agree with us-- growth among those who don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18411]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find comfort among those who agree with us-- growth among those who don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9400]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who wouldachieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21075]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who wouldachieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly mustsacrifice greatly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,   And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65650]]></link><description><![CDATA[War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41790]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all going to decline within a decade of each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17636]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54256]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16764]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commercially available software should fit most needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commercially available software should fit most needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . glory built On selfish principles is shame and guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17543]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . glory built On selfish principles is shame and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17543</guid></item></channel></rss>