<?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[What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8996]]></link><description><![CDATA[What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A herdsman tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A herdsman tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. After a long and fruitless search, he made a vow that, if he could only discover the thief who had stolen the Calf, he would offer a lamb in sacrifice to Hermes, Pan, and the Guardian Deities of the forest. Not long afterwards, as he ascended a small hillock, he saw at its foot a Lion feeding on the Calf. Terrified at the sight, he lifted his eyes and his hands to heaven, and said: Just now I vowed to offer a lamb to the Guardian Deities of the forest if I could only find out who had robbed me; but now that I have discovered the thief, I would willingly add a full-grown Bull to the Calf I have lost, if I may only secure my own escape from him in safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The years teach much which the days never knew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62800]]></link><description><![CDATA[The years teach much which the days never knew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what to do with him. Tank Abbott had an amateur background but made his name in UFC brawling. He never learned to work at all and was a victim of Vince Russo 's wackiness in WCW.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only one of many who should be arrested. The investigation must be conducted openly for people to have confidence that powerful figures will not be protected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the most important win of my career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29590]]></link><description><![CDATA[the most important win of my career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20951]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid affection live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330]]></link><description><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46048]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The achievements speak for themselves, all too eloquently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The achievements speak for themselves, all too eloquently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44202]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave   The earth with crimson beam;    When islands that wandered far     Above his sea couch lie,      And here and there some gem-like star       Re-opes its sparkling eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right after Jen [Jennifer McNamara] got hurt and we came back and won the tournament [Ryan Kickoff Classic], that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right after Jen [Jennifer McNamara] got hurt and we came back and won the tournament [Ryan Kickoff Classic], that was amazing. That showed us that we can win if we play as a team, no matter who's out there on the court. We've really switched people around everybody plays everywhere at different times. We've just been able to really pull together as a team because we have a common goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever goes there once goes back. If we stop going to feed and trap them, they're finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever goes there once goes back. If we stop going to feed and trap them, they're finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown;  Sweet are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown;  Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent;   The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown:    Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss,     Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43695]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizend of the world: ask not what American will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52111]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see classroom technology - namely, computers - as a critical, necessary means to help students succeed while our communities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30432]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see classroom technology - namely, computers - as a critical, necessary means to help students succeed while our communities recover and rebuild. Our employees and their families live and work in these neighborhoods, towns, and parishes and we are committed to help strengthen the education options for our kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravest at the last, She levelled at our purposes, and being royal,  Took her own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravest at the last, She levelled at our purposes, and being royal,  Took her own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that from their parallel decline,   More they proceed the more they still disjoin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47110]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19037]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is a beautiful garment, but it will not do for constant wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is a beautiful garment, but it will not do for constant wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are very mobile if they don't like it. We've put them 30 miles away, and, eventually, they are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30419]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are very mobile if they don't like it. We've put them 30 miles away, and, eventually, they are in a farm that doesn't want them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2283]]></link><description><![CDATA[To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just go out there and do what you have to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just go out there and do what you have to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth may sometimes hurt but delusion harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth may sometimes hurt but delusion harms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not like a broken leg that you can put a cast on it and fix it. It's an ongoing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30218]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not like a broken leg that you can put a cast on it and fix it. It's an ongoing thing, but we're in it together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052</guid></item></channel></rss>