<?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[Ill vessels seldome miscarry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14377]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12133]]></link><description><![CDATA[How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not in the roll of common men. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not in the roll of common men. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50921]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. You can find positive signs or you can find negative signs. How you evaluate them depends on something that happened in your life recently or something like that. There's no objective way to do it. The important thing is you try to commit yourself to making the positive signs more real. Suppose you felt that there's 99 percent of a probability that human civilization is going to be destroyed in the next hundred years, but one percent chance it won't be, and that one percent offers some opportunities to do something. Well, you commit yourself to that one percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow's warning,  Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2995]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow's warning,  Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue--   An April day in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the bank, about the balance sheet, clearly states that this bank should be sold around the 61 to 65 (pound per share) level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not beoverjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not beoverjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An art book is a museum without walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66652]]></link><description><![CDATA[An art book is a museum without walls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5966]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh my, it's very beautiful over there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As large as life, and twice as natural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2810]]></link><description><![CDATA[As large as life, and twice as natural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled; nor can the hour, which has once fled by, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled; nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he drew a dial from his poke, And looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55647]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he drew a dial from his poke, And looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see, quoth he, how the world wags. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52052]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the poor man mind his tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the poor man mind his tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of it's a little bit childish [today], ... The Fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of it's a little bit childish [today], ... The Fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he was very mindful of his role as a guest. He said something along the lines of, 'You all do whatever you are comfortable with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51573]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get caught up in defending him, pick your poison. There are more players on that team than just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36193]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get caught up in defending him, pick your poison. There are more players on that team than just Sean Morris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out  Full twenty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out  Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow,   That gave this gentle name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60695]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized wrong, organized crime, organized injustice, which drives the political offender to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326  He that is alive may know that he was born, though he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326  He that is alive may know that he was born, though he know neither the place where nor the time when he was so; and so may he that is spiritually alive, and hath ground of evidence that he is so, that he was born again, though he know neither when, nor where, nor how. And this case is usual in persons of quiet natural tempers, who have had the advantage of education under means of light and grace. God ofttimes, in such persons, begins and carries on the work of his grace insensibly, so that they come to good growth and maturity before they know that they are alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This might be the biggest parade we've ever had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32283]]></link><description><![CDATA[This might be the biggest parade we've ever had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such instances men seize, and call them providences. It is well that they can; but it would be gloriously better if they could believe that the whole matter is one grand providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As merry as the day is long. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55422]]></link><description><![CDATA[As merry as the day is long. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43693]]></link><description><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35191]]></link><description><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35191</guid></item></channel></rss>