<?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 must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15627]]></link><description><![CDATA[So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here was a rare man, who lived a rare life and showed us the way to live life at its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here was a rare man, who lived a rare life and showed us the way to live life at its fullest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the dogs were running away, all emaciated, weak, but they could still run. The strategy was to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the dogs were running away, all emaciated, weak, but they could still run. The strategy was to put food and water down so they would have something to eat. The ones boarded up were worse off; no light, mold, mildew and bacteria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/862]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53497]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   This Gospel accords perfectly with the account which St. Paul gives of his preaching in the last address to the Ephesian elders, and it contains all the elements which are to be found in all the sermons and in all the notices of St. Paul's preaching in the Acts, except only the answers to the objections against the Gospel, and the proofs of its truth, which would be manifestly out of place in writing to Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3963]]></link><description><![CDATA[To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs. [Lat., Ex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs. [Lat., Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum  Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perish discretion when it interferes with duty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perish discretion when it interferes with duty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All government, in its essence, is organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47510]]></link><description><![CDATA[All government, in its essence, is organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was nervous we weren't going to get anyone through to the states. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was nervous we weren't going to get anyone through to the states.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64469]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14447]]></link><description><![CDATA[What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed. [Lat., Ignoratione rerum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed. [Lat., Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum maxime hominum vita vexatur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My security team monitors just about everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34180]]></link><description><![CDATA[My security team monitors just about everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the park has to offer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so happy today. It's a victory for the women's rights movement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36582]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so happy today. It's a victory for the women's rights movement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  What think ye, is the Word of God to be fulfilled? Do you believe the Word of God? Do you believe what is fulfilled in the Word of God because it is fulfilled? or do you believe because God has said so? If you believe the past fulfillment because it is past, then you do not believe God. If you believe God, you must believe the future as well as the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59148]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe --though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a sure anchor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a sure anchor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were a lot of strong riders there in the top six, but the track's a little slippery, a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36299]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were a lot of strong riders there in the top six, but the track's a little slippery, a little softer than I thought. So I had a hard time getting up to speed there, misjudged the sprint and, you know, got second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66007]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66007</guid></item></channel></rss>