<?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[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20851]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10426]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a bold man that first eat an oyster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45357]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1179]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A work of skill, surpassing sense, A labor of Omnipotence;  Though frail as dust it meet thine eye,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17597]]></link><description><![CDATA[A work of skill, surpassing sense, A labor of Omnipotence;  Though frail as dust it meet thine eye,   He form'd this gnat who built the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[in historical context it has gotten worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28919]]></link><description><![CDATA[in historical context it has gotten worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift in life is to be remembered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61637]]></link><description><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses by,   And softly stooped to kiss the stream,    The pretty stream, the flattered stream,     The shy, yet unreluctant stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1248]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41600]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63840]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. -Peter F. Drucker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heating season is not over, but for today, it's a decrease of significant proportion and that makes it a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heating season is not over, but for today, it's a decrease of significant proportion and that makes it a good day for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde  To me by eny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18881]]></link><description><![CDATA["Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde  To me by eny other man;   If my floures ouver fade or falle,    Then doth my wyfe me wrong wyth alle     As many a woman can."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20089]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fly from, need not be to hate, makind: All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25511]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fly from, need not be to hate, makind: All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor is it discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain. - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 1818.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You definitely have to respect this place, as we learned in the past with my father and my grandfather both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41466]]></link><description><![CDATA[You definitely have to respect this place, as we learned in the past with my father and my grandfather both had a lot of unfortunate luck here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47092]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none?   If he had not liv'd for thee,    Thou hadst died most wretchedly     And two deaths had been thy fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain! The creature's at his dirty work again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain! The creature's at his dirty work again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were still 385 alcohol-related crashes this year and 418 deaths in those crashes... that's more than one a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38591]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were still 385 alcohol-related crashes this year and 418 deaths in those crashes... that's more than one a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me  A glorious court, where hourly I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4534]]></link><description><![CDATA[That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me  A glorious court, where hourly I converse   With the old sages and philosophers;    And sometimes, for variety, I confer     With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;      Calling their victories, if unjustly got,       Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,        Deface their ill-placed statues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know nothing about sex, because I was always married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51112]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[But after an immediate uproar here, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry began backpedaling.] There is no accord yet, only an idea, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31253]]></link><description><![CDATA[[But after an immediate uproar here, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry began backpedaling.] There is no accord yet, only an idea, ... This is a theme that needs to be examined when we receive a concrete proposal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44344]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist and the armipotent soldier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25132]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist and the armipotent soldier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25918]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It becomes a very important component in establishing regional security and stability, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It becomes a very important component in establishing regional security and stability,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health without money is halfe an ague. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health without money is halfe an ague.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3488]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11821]]></link><description><![CDATA[The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64002]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64002</guid></item></channel></rss>