<?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[Hunger knows no friend but its feeder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing reflection of low morale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59120]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not in the power of the devil to do so much harm, as God can do good; nay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8158]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not in the power of the devil to do so much harm, as God can do good; nay, we may be bold to say, it is not in the will, not in the desire of the devil to do so much harm, as God would do good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who awaits much can expect little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22714]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who awaits much can expect little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows you that people actually can see that he's not just a number --that he was a man with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows you that people actually can see that he's not just a number --that he was a man with a family that needs comforting. Even after a year, people are reaching out and that's nice because while our lives go on, Mike's life doesn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62764]]></link><description><![CDATA[A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government running America in the wrong way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66581]]></link><description><![CDATA[A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62975]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28104]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5039]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant theirwhole life in the hands of some other person. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant theirwhole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this methodof searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consistssolely in moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So spake the Fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So spake the Fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy eats nothing but its own heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy eats nothing but its own heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40687]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of the good and evil are now linked in astronomy as in almost all science. . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of the good and evil are now linked in astronomy as in almost all science. . . . The fate of human civilization will depend on whether the rockets of the future carry the astronomer's telescope or a hydrogen bomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38203]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10119]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad monetary and fiscal policy, often designed by the IMF, is the real cause of global problems. The only explanation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad monetary and fiscal policy, often designed by the IMF, is the real cause of global problems. The only explanation for why government leaders continue to follow these policies is that by blaming markets, they avoid blaming themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49387]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6994]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succour meets with ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50839]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succour meets with ruin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of Nature]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61781]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I teach that all are men are mad. [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I teach that all are men are mad. [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65496]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23389</guid></item></channel></rss>