<?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[Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired or something, because he didn't speak a word. So I thought, 'What a boring guy.' I actually left pretty early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17529]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish th' approaches of the last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish th' approaches of the last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may define therapy as a search for value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may define therapy as a search for value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/773]]></link><description><![CDATA[And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56819]]></link><description><![CDATA[While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that many people have nothing useful to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and think about how much you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and think about how much you miss the old times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085]]></link><description><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.   But if I get among the glum    I hold my tongue to tell the truth     And keep my breath to cool my broth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10882]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14704]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7764]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65866]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47266]]></link><description><![CDATA[These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50765]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn. -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55595]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd.   Else the soule grew so fast within,    It broke the outward shall of sinne     And so was hatch'd a cherubin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46869]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they will no better abide the touching with man's spittle than scalding water cast upon them: but if it happed to light within their chawes or mouth, especially if it come from a man that is fasting, it is present death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mortals. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mortals. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58905]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I ought to consider the business which occurs in the daily order of Providence as the work which God appoints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7537]]></link><description><![CDATA[I ought to consider the business which occurs in the daily order of Providence as the work which God appoints me; and I should apply myself to it in a manner worthy of God, namely, with exactness and with tranquility. I ought not to neglect anything or be passionately vehement about anything, for it is dangerous to do the work of the Lord negligently, on the one hand; or, on the other, to appropriate it to ourselves by self-love and false zeal. In this latter case, our actions arise from a principle of self-will: we are eager and anxious for the success, and that under the pretense of seeking the glory of God. O, God, grant me Thy grace to enable me to be faithful in action and resigned in success! My only business is to do Thy will, and to do it as Thy will, not forgetting Thee in the performance of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59475]]></link><description><![CDATA[She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17986]]></link><description><![CDATA[So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are "our children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity is treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity is treason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small. [Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5503]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small. [Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5503</guid></item></channel></rss>