<?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[Calamity is man's true touch-stone.   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touch-stone.   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64368]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35514]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/370]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can honestly say that we've had the best year that we have ever had here in my tenure. We've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can honestly say that we've had the best year that we have ever had here in my tenure. We've performed very well throughout the year. Men and women, both sides, have really swum at a whole different level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and since too, murders have been performed   Too terrible for the ear. The time has been    That, when the brains were out, the man would die,     And there an end. But now they rise again,      With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,       And push us from our stools. This is more strange        Than such a murder is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  I have often, on my knees, been shocked to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  I have often, on my knees, been shocked to find what sort of thoughts I have, for a moment, been addressing to God; what infantile placations I was really offering, what claims I have really made, even what absurd adjustments or compromises I was, half-consciously, proposing. There is a Pagan, savage heart in me somewhere. For unfortunately the folly and idiot-cunning of Paganism seem to have far more power of surviving than its innocent or even beautiful elements. It is easy, once you have power, to silence the pipes, still the dances, disfigure the statues, and forget the stories; but not easy to kill the savage, the greedy, frightened creature now cringing, now blustering in one's soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say there is no God...that we are squatting tenantsin the hostile house ofan absent slumlord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say there is no God...that we are squatting tenantsin the hostile house ofan absent slumlord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads ...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/773]]></link><description><![CDATA[And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the Cadillac of biplanes. This is the fancy model, with leather seating. The workmanship inside is insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30179]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the Cadillac of biplanes. This is the fancy model, with leather seating. The workmanship inside is insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. - The Writings of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. - The Writings of Madame Swetchine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17142]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47977]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many fame comes too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19489]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many fame comes too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to peace ... that we have incurred the consent of fourteen important nations to the negotiation of a treaty condemning recourse to war, renouncing it as an instrument of national policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can come of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can come of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing is not always believing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing is not always believing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was adored once too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was adored once too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66175]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41753]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's 'Strike Hard' crime campaign mentality is still prevalent, at least in some parts of the country. There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than other punishments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41037]]></link><description><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You know, we created some turnovers. We changed the tempo of the game in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The program has changed in the past to meet the demands of the times and must do so again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The program has changed in the past to meet the demands of the times and must do so again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a crime But takes its proper change out still in crime  If once rung on the counter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10652]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a crime But takes its proper change out still in crime  If once rung on the counter of this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe management continues to explore strategic alternatives, including potential acquisitions and joint venture opportunities, and as a result, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37300]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe management continues to explore strategic alternatives, including potential acquisitions and joint venture opportunities, and as a result, we expect WMS to participate in the consolidation of the equipment industry over the next 12 months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39240]]></link><description><![CDATA[They might not even find them. Might not even find him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38534]]></link><description><![CDATA[150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is important; it always will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is important; it always will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He assigned it to regions more than tropical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48939]]></link><description><![CDATA[He assigned it to regions more than tropical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51864]]></link><description><![CDATA[How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8696]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8696</guid></item></channel></rss>