<?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[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43375]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time steals onwards, while none perceives   Slowly she clothes herself with leaves--    Hides her fruit under them, hard to find.     . . . .      But by and by, when the flowers grow few       And the fruits are dwindling and small to view--        Out she comes in her matron grace         With the purple myriads of her race;          Full of plenty from root to crown,           Showering plenty her feet adown.            While far over head hang gorgeously             Large luscious berries of sanguine dye,              For the best grows highest, always highest,               Upon the mulberry-tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-violence is the article of faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-violence is the article of faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tunnel underneath the sea from Calais straight to Dover, Sir, The squeamish folks may cross by land from shore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48455]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tunnel underneath the sea from Calais straight to Dover, Sir, The squeamish folks may cross by land from shore to shore,  With sluices made to drown the French, if e'er they would come over, Sir,   Has long been talk'd of, till at length 'tis thought a monstrous bore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8672]]></link><description><![CDATA["What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a driver, it's fantastic. To come back into the American Le Mans Series with the BMW M3 is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30214]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a driver, it's fantastic. To come back into the American Le Mans Series with the BMW M3 is the best thing you can do in racing. I had so much success with Tom and PTG. Then to reincarnate the relationship with Yokohama is a tremendous positive. This thing is going to be a winning program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is compelling evidence suggesting that U.S. personnel have committed acts against detainees amounting to torture or cruel, inhumane, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30397]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is compelling evidence suggesting that U.S. personnel have committed acts against detainees amounting to torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day One.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truest SUCCESS is but the development of self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truest SUCCESS is but the development of self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good & quickly seldome meete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good & quickly seldome meete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tendency over the past election campaigns of shrinking turnout and we are concerned about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34784]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tendency over the past election campaigns of shrinking turnout and we are concerned about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that ongoing year-over-year improvement in GM North American operations should accelerate as we progress though 2006 and, coupled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39184]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that ongoing year-over-year improvement in GM North American operations should accelerate as we progress though 2006 and, coupled with conclusion of the Delphi labor dispute, lead to a strong positive reaction in the company's stock price over time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. He's as fit as I've ever seen him, as trim as I've ever seen him and extremely sharp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49993]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks, which have risen too fast to high levels that can't be justified, had to come down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks, which have risen too fast to high levels that can't be justified, had to come down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cock up your beaver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cock up your beaver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9129]]></link><description><![CDATA["Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend;  But if he will thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend;  But if he will thy friendly checks forego,   Thou art, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46594]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31651]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of timing. His development and that of our team didn't align.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se igitur expetitur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State level legislators can use these scientifically researched results to help make policy. It's a source of information to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39923]]></link><description><![CDATA[State level legislators can use these scientifically researched results to help make policy. It's a source of information to know what's going on in rural Iowa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird of the amber beak, Bird of the golden wing!  Thy dower is thy carolling;   Thou hast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bird of the amber beak, Bird of the golden wing!  Thy dower is thy carolling;   Thou hast not far to seek    Thy bread, nor needest wine     To make thy utterance divine;      Thou art canopied and clothed       And unto Song bethrothed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27211]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sop to Cerebus. If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sop to Cerebus. If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43619]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of that wrathful, fiery, dark and self-tormenting nature that is the very essence of every fallen unregenerate soul, yet every man in the world has more or less frequent and strong intimations given him that so it is with him in the inmost ground of his soul. How many inventions are some people forced to have recourse to in order to keep off a certain inward uneasiness, which they are afraid of and know not whence it comes? Alas, it is because there is a fallen spirit, a dark, aching fire, within them, which has never had its proper relief and is trying to discover itself and calling out for help at every cessation of worldly joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and purity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and purity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64812</guid></item></channel></rss>