<?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[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority seems to believe that failing to act against terrorism, and inducing turmoil, chaos and instability, will cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Palestinian Authority seems to believe that failing to act against terrorism, and inducing turmoil, chaos and instability, will cause the government and people of Israel to buckle. They will not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48041]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words pay no debts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words pay no debts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34939]]></link><description><![CDATA[a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's all about wearing horizontal stripes in the right way. I think it's a reality that bigger horizontal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's all about wearing horizontal stripes in the right way. I think it's a reality that bigger horizontal stripes don't flatter bigger body types. I think that thinner stripes are certainly more flattering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just looked a lot worse than it was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just looked a lot worse than it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on the social body; but unlike medical surgeons, reformers are not on guard against unpredictable side effects which may divert the course of reform toward unwanted results. Moreover, quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53257]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould  The purple oak-leaf falls; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould  The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough   Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any wish thou darest not pray,   Then pray to God to cast that wish away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it the shrewd October wind Brings the tears into her eyes?  Does it blow so strong that she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it the shrewd October wind Brings the tears into her eyes?  Does it blow so strong that she must fetch   Her breath in sudden sighs?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33260]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, but as an African-American senator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24680]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We missed Valentine's Day by about a week. You can tell your guy you'll trade him this play for three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We missed Valentine's Day by about a week. You can tell your guy you'll trade him this play for three action movies -- football or sports stories or blowing up cities. Just make a deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's embarrassing. We have to go out there and erase that from our memories. The only way to do that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28386]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's embarrassing. We have to go out there and erase that from our memories. The only way to do that is to go out there and dominate this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task to prove--   By firm resolve to conquer love!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17902]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44187]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would take to create more equitable and healthier communities in New Orleans and throughout the affected area,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I can send the flower of the German nation into the hell of war without the smallest pity for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52895]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I can send the flower of the German nation into the hell of war without the smallest pity for the shedding of precious German blood, then surely I have the right to remove millions of an inferior race that breeds like vermin]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires no banks, no safe-deposit boxes. It just needs communication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38710]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires no banks, no safe-deposit boxes. It just needs communication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set your target and keep trying until you reach it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better suffer ill, then doe ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better suffer ill, then doe ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night,  And swelling like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night,  And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright,   Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup,    And hold to my two lips life's best of wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Karras was a very likable funny guy who poked fun at himself. Can you see Rose doing that? A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alex Karras was a very likable funny guy who poked fun at himself. Can you see Rose doing that? A lot of reason for anyone's commercial success is based on looks, personality, and how likeable he comes across for people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger;  And danger, like an ague, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger;  And danger, like an ague, subtly taints   Even then when we sit idly in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest  Save he who courts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16164]]></link><description><![CDATA[No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest  Save he who courts the flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19353]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to put it out of your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28368]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to put it out of your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for rapid population growth to matter, a nation must steadily create good, decent- paying jobs to benefit from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36687]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for rapid population growth to matter, a nation must steadily create good, decent- paying jobs to benefit from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36687</guid></item></channel></rss>