<?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[On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44270]]></link><description><![CDATA[On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47948]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? You are the fire that burns without being consumed; you consume in your heat all the soul's self-love; you are the fire which takes away cold; with your light you illuminate me so that I may know all your truth. Clothe me, clothe me with yourself, eternal truth, so that I may run this mortal life with true obedience, and with the light of your most holy faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy has failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. It is the only power in the world that seems to overcome the so-called "laws of nature"; the occasions on which prayer has dramatically done this have been termed "miracles". But a constant, quieter miracle takes place hourly in the hearts of men and women who have discovered that prayer supplies them with a steady flow of sustaining power in their daily lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who overcomes egotism rids themselves of the most stubborn obstacle that blocks the way to all true greatness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13671]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who overcomes egotism rids themselves of the most stubborn obstacle that blocks the way to all true greatness and all true happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45074]]></link><description><![CDATA[I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spike in oil weighs on equities, and higher-risk stocks such as technology are the ones to get hit first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31966]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spike in oil weighs on equities, and higher-risk stocks such as technology are the ones to get hit first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law itself follows gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law itself follows gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35607]]></link><description><![CDATA[So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort of falls in the middle somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27837]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't always about adding resources, it's about ensuring your resources are appropriately allocated. It really elevates the focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't always about adding resources, it's about ensuring your resources are appropriately allocated. It really elevates the focus on professional development.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49412]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. •Marie Carmichael Stopes  Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13442]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration ofvictory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration ofvictory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear horrible; for it comes to pass oft ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58479]]></link><description><![CDATA[So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear horrible; for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got a strong urge to fly. But I got nowhere to fly to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15478]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got a strong urge to fly. But I got nowhere to fly to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's official languages program is arguably the most successful affirmative action program in history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada's official languages program is arguably the most successful affirmative action program in history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. -Tennessee Williams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The loss which is unknown is no loss at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13038]]></link><description><![CDATA[True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/977]]></link><description><![CDATA[To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer:  He that seeks God in everything is sure to find God in everything. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer:  He that seeks God in everything is sure to find God in everything. When we thus live wholly unto God, God is wholly ours and we are then happy in all the happiness of God; for by uniting with Him in heart, and will, and spirit, we are united to all that He is and has in Himself. This is the purity and perfection of life that we pray for in the Lord's Prayer, that God's kingdom may come and His will be done in us, as it is in Heaven. And this we may be sure is not only necessary, but attainable by us, or our Saviour would not have made it a part of our daily prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54712]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of Chartres much too rough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone comes to you and tells you she and her kids are alive because Shirley was in their school, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31452]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone comes to you and tells you she and her kids are alive because Shirley was in their school, it's indescribable. She takes her job very personally; it never shuts off with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66690]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Not to admire, is all the art I know (Plain truth, dear Murray, needs few flowers of speech)  To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/606]]></link><description><![CDATA["Not to admire, is all the art I know (Plain truth, dear Murray, needs few flowers of speech)  To make men happy, or to keep them so."   (So take it in the very words of Creech)    Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago;     And thus Pope quotes the precept to re-teach      From his translation; but had none admired,       Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to put all the information on the Web site. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40459]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to put all the information on the Web site.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52647]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32773]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including national park and national forest land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11846]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11846</guid></item></channel></rss>