<?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[We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47177]]></link><description><![CDATA[We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast number of subjects that do not belong here, but are nevertheless here. What we need to do is to stop passing laws. We have enough laws now to govern the world for the next ten thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere court butterfly, That flutters in the pageant of a monarch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10453]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere court butterfly, That flutters in the pageant of a monarch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that are booted are not alwaies ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49964]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that are booted are not alwaies ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you sow, so shall you also reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48828]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you sow, so shall you also reap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   No one can deny that the New Testament has variety ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   No one can deny that the New Testament has variety as well as unity. It is the variety which gives interest to the unity. What is it in which these people, differing as widely as they do, are vitally and fundamentally at one, so that through all their differences they form a brotherhood and are conscious of an indissolubale spiritual bond? There can be no doubt that that which unites them is a common relation to Christ -- a common faith in Him, involving religious convictions about Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16603]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Land to which Desire forever flees; Time doth no present to our grasp allow,  Say in the fixed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Land to which Desire forever flees; Time doth no present to our grasp allow,  Say in the fixed Eternal shall we seize   At last the fleeting Now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43150]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I have ever seen.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is immortal; error is mortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is immortal; error is mortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most enjoyable thing for me is having the feeling of being in pure nature where you're there and usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most enjoyable thing for me is having the feeling of being in pure nature where you're there and usually alone. It's like you're the first one to ever be there. Everything is perfectly pristine and very quiet -- snow dampens all the sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39982]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We don't want to do anything to create a backlash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head   Fell carelessly behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14889]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted that we have found money for the refurbishment of many of our leisure facilities, including Wyndley Swimming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted that we have found money for the refurbishment of many of our leisure facilities, including Wyndley Swimming Pool, one of the busiest in the region.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This tournament is my chance for me to show I deserve a starting spot and I will try and take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38513]]></link><description><![CDATA[This tournament is my chance for me to show I deserve a starting spot and I will try and take it with both hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of paying taxes. The only thing is--I could be just as proud for half the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of paying taxes. The only thing is--I could be just as proud for half the money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25803]]></link><description><![CDATA[In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is drunken . . . Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill  Did with his liquor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22921]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is drunken . . . Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill  Did with his liquor slide into his veins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38798]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun is set; and in his latest beams Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold,  Slowly upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun is set; and in his latest beams Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold,  Slowly upon the amber air unrolled,   The falling mantle of the Prophet seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who will be fired ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8934]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who will be fired]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47661]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every clarification breeds new questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every clarification breeds new questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,  And he that stands upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19172]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,  And he that stands upon a slippery place   Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3162]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61110]]></link><description><![CDATA[If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720</guid></item></channel></rss>