<?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[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing the convergence of improved economic conditions, the leveling off of sales incentives and the huge amount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30628]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing the convergence of improved economic conditions, the leveling off of sales incentives and the huge amount of new vehicle launches scheduled over the next few years all playing a factor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dove, On silver pinions, winged her peaceful way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dove, On silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have received the resignation letter from Duran, effective on August 31, and today the president designated Carlos Marin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have received the resignation letter from Duran, effective on August 31, and today the president designated Carlos Marin to be acting United States commissioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53723]]></link><description><![CDATA["The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted. Because if it means anything it means the in-sanctity of species which are not human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to add political impetus required to reach an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra  Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52892]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lake has gotten a little better. Now it has seasons. Sometimes it's green, sometimes it's red and sometimes it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lake has gotten a little better. Now it has seasons. Sometimes it's green, sometimes it's red and sometimes it's brown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44163]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -Albert Einstein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -Albert Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The result has been a lack of trust and the situation has deteriorated instead of improving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The result has been a lack of trust and the situation has deteriorated instead of improving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51163]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671]]></link><description><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pro football is like nuclear warfare. there are no winners, only survivors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pro football is like nuclear warfare. there are no winners, only survivors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15223]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That father perished at the stake For tenets he would not forsake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That father perished at the stake For tenets he would not forsake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23935]]></link><description><![CDATA[For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voltaire and Shakespeare! He was all The other feigned to be.  The flippant Frenchman speaks: I weep;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voltaire and Shakespeare! He was all The other feigned to be.  The flippant Frenchman speaks: I weep;   And Shakespeare weeps with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36671]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I had better get the book out before people said I was just reporting the news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to make it interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ecologically sound manner. It's hard to imagine a more important issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing here is that the government will stick to its policy of no ransom payments, ... There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing here is that the government will stick to its policy of no ransom payments, ... There will be no negotiation or ransom with these kidnappers. By doing that we believe we will stop their motivation from some groups there in the south to do the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long jesting was never good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long jesting was never good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26631]]></link><description><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communication works for those who work at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communication works for those who work at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and His Angels thither; and when they are there, I neglect God and His Angels for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie times dwell neere to ether. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8682]]></link><description><![CDATA[As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie times dwell neere to ether.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   "The Bible," we are told sometimes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   "The Bible," we are told sometimes, "gives us such a beautiful picture of what we should be." Nonsense! It gives us no picture at all. It reveals to us a fact: it tells us what we really are; it says, This is the form in which God created you, to which He has restored you; this is the work which the Eternal Son, the God of Truth and Love, is continually carrying on within you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/896]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9278]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25875</guid></item></channel></rss>