<?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[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love lasteth long as the money endureth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love lasteth long as the money endureth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43143]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lady of the Snows. [Lat., Notre Dames des Neiges.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lady of the Snows. [Lat., Notre Dames des Neiges.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can resist anything except temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can resist anything except temptation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some big private funds want to buy at low prices and are pushing down the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some big private funds want to buy at low prices and are pushing down the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5605]]></link><description><![CDATA[It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that he is a very sincere person and that he has a passion for food and he wants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that he is a very sincere person and that he has a passion for food and he wants to educate people about food. He's definitely one of a kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many roads must a man walk down Before your can call him a man? . . .  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2656]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many roads must a man walk down Before your can call him a man? . . .  The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,   The answer is blowin' in the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every guilty person is his own hangman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every guilty person is his own hangman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mob is the mother of tyrants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mob is the mother of tyrants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might be indulged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52266]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always brave to say what everyone thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46351]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have more cargo coming in than last year, largely because of the end of textile and apparel quotas, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have more cargo coming in than last year, largely because of the end of textile and apparel quotas, but it's flowing much more smoothly from the ships to the stores than we saw in 2004,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want to be able to use more of their outdoor space, and they want flexibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33316]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want to be able to use more of their outdoor space, and they want flexibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53970]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo."  Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19951]]></link><description><![CDATA[W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo."  Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"   "How's the world a-usin' you?"    . . . .     W'en you travel through the strange      Country t'other side the range,       Then the souls you've cheered will know        Who you be, an' say "hullo."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know for sure we'll have it - snow, rain and probably everything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31219]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know for sure we'll have it - snow, rain and probably everything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God... I prejudice not an external test and call, which was at first and shall be again in force at the resurrection of the churches, ... but in the present state of things I cannot but be humbly bold to say that I know no other true sender but the most Holy Spirit. And when He sends, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian of a faith like this,   Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,    And in a convert mourns to lose a prey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35112]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engrave this Quote 	He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Engrave this Quote 	He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ascent to an angelical stature; and, as he attached the fervent nature of his companion more and more closely to him, he heard the strange impersonal voice which he recognised as his own, insisting on the soul's incurable lonliness. We cannot give ourselves, it said: we are our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61173]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62550]]></link><description><![CDATA[In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So closely our whims on our miseries tread, That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50676]]></link><description><![CDATA[So closely our whims on our miseries tread, That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We strongly encourage organizations to promote the Republican message of freedom, security and continued economic growth locally and are interested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We strongly encourage organizations to promote the Republican message of freedom, security and continued economic growth locally and are interested to see the positive results of the chairman's efforts in doing just that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerA CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerA CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal. Moral: Like will draw like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63893]]></link><description><![CDATA[So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63893</guid></item></channel></rss>