<?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[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird in the solitude singing,   Which speaks to my spirit of thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4846]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty, all-powerful money gives them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50222]]></link><description><![CDATA[For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty, all-powerful money gives them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50222</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/7362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An evil gain equals a loss. [Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17143]]></link><description><![CDATA[An evil gain equals a loss. [Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17420]]></link><description><![CDATA[MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8624]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25265]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60405]]></link><description><![CDATA[One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just don't know how you make people get along, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just don't know how you make people get along,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing, sweet thrushes, forth and sing! Meet the moon upon the lea;  Are the emeralds of the spring  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing, sweet thrushes, forth and sing! Meet the moon upon the lea;  Are the emeralds of the spring   On the angler's trysting-tree?    Tell, sweet thrushes, tell to me,     Are there buds on our willow-tree?      Buds and birds on our trysting tree?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12650]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12650</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[Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33320]]></link><description><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who tried to learn snowboarding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21154]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me who first did kisses suggest? It was a mouth all glowing and blest;  It kissed and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me who first did kisses suggest? It was a mouth all glowing and blest;  It kissed and it thought of nothing beside.   The fair month of May was then in its pride,    The flowers were all from the earth fast springing,     The sun was laughing, the birds were singing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind. And, while they captivate, inform the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind. And, while they captivate, inform the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34550]]></link><description><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he changes speeds, he works quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back When gold and silver becks me to come on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back When gold and silver becks me to come on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34308]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39402]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34939]]></link><description><![CDATA[a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56125]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052]]></link><description><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for us to be fully self-sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a kingly act to help the fallen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50735]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a kingly act to help the fallen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rich knowes not who is his friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rich knowes not who is his friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/472]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old habits are strong and jealous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old habits are strong and jealous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57045]]></link><description><![CDATA[One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36033</guid></item></channel></rss>