<?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[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes like dreary is the want of motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43254]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes like dreary is the want of motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35782]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  All that which our blessed Saviour wrought in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  All that which our blessed Saviour wrought in his mortal body, he did it for our example and instruction, to the end that, following his steps, according to our poor ability, we might without offense pass over this present life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with the ensuing era.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger,  A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary,  Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary,  Safe to its home in Thy presence above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may not necessarily prove profitable for those that are entering those markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14593]]></link><description><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! my child, where is the Pen That can do justice to the Hen?  Like Royalty, she goes her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! my child, where is the Pen That can do justice to the Hen?  Like Royalty, she goes her way,   Laying foundations every day,    Though not for Public Buildings, yet     For Custard, Cake and Omelette.      Of if too old for such a use       They have their fling at some abuse,        As when to censure Plays Unfit         Upon the stage they make a Hit          Or at elections seal the Fate           Of an Obnoxious Candidate.            No wonder, Child, we prize the Hen,             Whose Egg is Mightier than the Pen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45189]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16162]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These loans will help finance economic revitalization in areas that have experienced trade-related job losses attributable to NAFTA. NAFTA has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28546]]></link><description><![CDATA[These loans will help finance economic revitalization in areas that have experienced trade-related job losses attributable to NAFTA. NAFTA has been a net plus for the nation's economy, and the Clinton/Gore Administration's free trade policies have been a big contributor to our nation's economic prosperity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of misery Is when a nature framed for noblest things  Condemns itself in youth to petty joys, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of misery Is when a nature framed for noblest things  Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,   And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life    Gasping from out the shallows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47470]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old, it is always a bad idea, and not infrequently it is downright idiotic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are necessary to life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are necessary to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She lovede Right fro the firste sighte. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25791]]></link><description><![CDATA[She lovede Right fro the firste sighte.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64582]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ama me fideliter!Fidem meam noto:De corde totaliterEt ex mente tota,Sum presentialiterAbsens in remota."Lat: "Love me faithfully!/See how I am faithful:/With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ama me fideliter!Fidem meam noto:De corde totaliterEt ex mente tota,Sum presentialiterAbsens in remota."Lat: "Love me faithfully!/See how I am faithful:/With all my heart/And all my soul/I am with you/Though I am far away. - Carmina Burana, "Omnia Sol Temperat".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35129]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make war that we may live in peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61128]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make war that we may live in peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23091]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59947]]></link><description><![CDATA[This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There's nothing great Nor small," has said a poet of our day,  Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46843]]></link><description><![CDATA["There's nothing great Nor small," has said a poet of our day,  Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve   And not be thrown out by the matin's bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, we burn daylight, ho! Nay, that's not so.  I mean, sir, in delay   We waste our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, we burn daylight, ho! Nay, that's not so.  I mean, sir, in delay   We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24453]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart. . -John Welwood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom only when they have no power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64915]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom only when they have no power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar   That gave the gods their wings.    . . . .     There throbs through all the worlds that are      This heart-beat not and strong,       And shaken systems, star by star,        Awake and glow in song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826</guid></item></channel></rss>