<?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[Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft,  Faithful, below, he did his duty; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14096]]></link><description><![CDATA[His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft,  Faithful, below, he did his duty;   But now he's gone aloft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The testing went quite well with the new rules that add this extra weight. It makes the car a bit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The testing went quite well with the new rules that add this extra weight. It makes the car a bit more difficult and challenging for us. Because it was just testing, I'm curious to see how the car is and things are during the race with everyone out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact we were part of the competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia wants to win global clout by acting as a mediator amid growing tensions between the West and the Islamic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russia wants to win global clout by acting as a mediator amid growing tensions between the West and the Islamic world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/99]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/99</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad state of affairs that we have only one choice (for abortion) right now. But if you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad state of affairs that we have only one choice (for abortion) right now. But if you have to go out of state, the cost of making that trip will be prohibitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ocean asks for nothing but thosewho stand by her shoresgradually attune themselves to her rhythmCharles Dickens in David Copperfield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ocean asks for nothing but thosewho stand by her shoresgradually attune themselves to her rhythmCharles Dickens in David Copperfield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a tendency of late to interpret alienation from faith in intellectual rather than experiential terms. Academically oriented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6765]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a tendency of late to interpret alienation from faith in intellectual rather than experiential terms. Academically oriented Christians especially tend to think that the barriers to faith should be removed by repackaging the content of the message in a way more congenial to the modern outlook. But it is quite possible that we are dealing not so much with a failure of intellect as with an alienation from the experiential roots of Christianity itself so amply attested in the New Testament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24419]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon;  If with an axe I seem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon;  If with an axe I seem cut out,   The workman was no cobbling clown;    A good jack boot with double sole he made,     To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From morn To moon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,  A summer's day; and with the setting sun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12156]]></link><description><![CDATA[From morn To moon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,  A summer's day; and with the setting sun   Dropt from the zenith like a falling star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; out-sized and out-speed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50419]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36762]]></link><description><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63526]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28181]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we'll do anything differently. We'll try to put a lot of pressure on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37155]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we'll do anything differently. We'll try to put a lot of pressure on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/195]]></link><description><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked in nonprofit, humanities-oriented projects all of my life. For me personally, the opportunity to support people's ideas is critical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see the point, when you're up (127-27). When you score that many like that, it's not how you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37485]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see the point, when you're up (127-27). When you score that many like that, it's not how you like to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more, Sextus, as I had to blush for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46591]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Christmas in August for big energy, and consumers get lumps of coal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29406]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Christmas in August for big energy, and consumers get lumps of coal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, the one instrument by which liberty, health, and joy may be shaped . . . in the individual, and in the race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23443]]></link><description><![CDATA[One joy scatters a hundred griefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3120]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53626]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858</guid></item></channel></rss>