<?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[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51348]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is for us, in whom the Christian Church is at this moment partially embodied, to declare that Christianity, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7709]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is for us, in whom the Christian Church is at this moment partially embodied, to declare that Christianity, that the Christian faith can do that for the world which the world needs. You say, "What can I do?" You can furnish one Christian life. You can furnish a life so faithful to every duty, so ready for every service, so determined not to commit every sin, that the great Christian Church shall be the stronger for your living in it, and the problem of the world be answered, and a certain great peace come into this poor, perplexed phase of our humanity as it sees that new revelation of what Christianity is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8546]]></link><description><![CDATA[If... you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad because we are, comparatively speaking, humane--if, in other words, you think God might be content with us on that ground--ask yourself whether you think God ought to have been content with the cruelty of past ages because they excelled in courage or chastity. You will see at once that this is an impossibility. From considering how the cruelty of our ancestors looks to us, you may get some inkling of how our softness, worldliness, and timidity would have looked to them, and hence how both must look to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a parent, I would appreciate any information about my child that I thought was going to be helpful to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38683]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a parent, I would appreciate any information about my child that I thought was going to be helpful to ensure my child was healthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50388]]></link><description><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11974]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've always wanted to (unionize) and now they legally can. It's obviously going to cost us more money, but we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41745]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've always wanted to (unionize) and now they legally can. It's obviously going to cost us more money, but we're going to try to make a positive out of it, ... We will have a professional working relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of justice, that's all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was pretty pleased with the way we responded to being down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was pretty pleased with the way we responded to being down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many ways this is turned into a developing country, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41511]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many ways this is turned into a developing country,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq took sovereign decisions like declaring war, suppressing a revolt or a civil mutiny,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gaine is to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6208]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38537]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over how it's spent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we already had two Japanese plants here, so we wanted to capitalize on that relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you sue the city? Yes. Can you successfully sue? Maybe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you sue the city? Yes. Can you successfully sue? Maybe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that. . . you really must make the self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64495]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58349]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25473]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the lessons and tasks are all ended, And the school for the day is dismissed,  The little one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the lessons and tasks are all ended, And the school for the day is dismissed,  The little one gather around me,   To bid me good-night and be kissed;    On, the little white arms that encircle     My neck in their tender embrace      Oh, the smiles that are halos of heaven,       Shedding sunshine of love on my face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19377]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no small pleasure in sweet water. [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61298]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no small pleasure in sweet water. [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Hitters) know when guys are really cheesing it up there in the 98s, 97s, they know that, so they know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30458]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Hitters) know when guys are really cheesing it up there in the 98s, 97s, they know that, so they know how to get it ready a little bit earlier where they're cheating on fastballs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. [Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17391]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. [Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der Welt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15123</guid></item></channel></rss>