<?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[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38433]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain Board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59881]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,  Over the woodlands brown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,  Over the woodlands brown and bare,   Over the harvest-fields forsaken,    Silent, and soft, and slow     Descends the snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65715]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64352]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really want to do. And that's why they're not successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. -George Soros.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education I think that's more important than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just streamlining the operation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just streamlining the operation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45666]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your bonny brow was brent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All covet, all lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All covet, all lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ready any time, any place, anywhere. This is the last thing I wanted to be here tonight telling you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38971]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ready any time, any place, anywhere. This is the last thing I wanted to be here tonight telling you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27023]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is the whetstone of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is the whetstone of talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64207]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tough luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tough luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy the spring of love and youth, To some good angel leave the rest,  For time will teach thee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy the spring of love and youth, To some good angel leave the rest,  For time will teach thee soon the truth,   "There are no birds in last year's nest."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37783]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6883]]></link><description><![CDATA[... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that pierced Thy feet!"  The Master laid a thin, scarred hand upon the shame-bowed head.  "They were good nails," he said...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives well is learned enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives well is learned enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an arson because someone has burned down buildings but because we don't have all of the evidence we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an arson because someone has burned down buildings but because we don't have all of the evidence we're still considering what the charges will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad ending follows a bad beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54048]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad ending follows a bad beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21672]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A relationship is like a rose,How long it lasts, no one knows;Love can erase an awful past,Love can be yours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A relationship is like a rose,How long it lasts, no one knows;Love can erase an awful past,Love can be yours, you'll see at last;To feel that love, it makes you sigh,To have it leave, you'd rather die;You hope you've found that special rose,'Cause you love and care for the one you chose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no substitute for guts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10427]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no substitute for guts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14784]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14275]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, is not an attractive option.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   The fool for Christ holds a prophetic role in Christianity, from the early church to Russian Orthodox "pilgrims" and such later fools as Luther, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, who were seekers after the true, the good, the holy, the beautiful. They were insane -- not in a clinical sense, but in the madness of the Holy, an insanity which ordinary sanity refuses to admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is popular deserves attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is popular deserves attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16576]]></link><description><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60433]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the mirror of the heavens, not as it is: because that even we, though the well beloved of thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. He looked through the lattice of our flesh and he spake us fair, yea, he set us on fire, and we hasten on his scent. But when he shall appear, then shall we be like him, for we shall see him as he is: as he is, Lord, will our sight be, though the time be not yet.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 19, 1996 Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  Many we have who plead themselves to be Christians. This might be allowed them, would they not do such things as the Christian religion abhors. But this is the least part of their claim. They will also be the only Christians, all others who differ from them -- however so falsely called -- being only a drove of unbelievers, hastening unto hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72]]></link><description><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until   The violets come again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60704</guid></item></channel></rss>