<?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[The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58615]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things greater than all things are--   Women and Horses and Power and War.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24760]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837]]></link><description><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64421]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43031]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. [Lat., Haud igitur ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. [Lat., Haud igitur redit ad Nihilum res ulla, sed omnes  Discidio redeunt in corpora materiai.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14545]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few love to hear the sins they love to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few love to hear the sins they love to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30590]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the best medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the best medicine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, it should be found in the mouths of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, it should be found in the mouths of kings. [Fr., Si la bonne foi etait bannie du reste du monde, il faudrait qu'on la trouvat dans la bouche des rois.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. -Thomas More.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21148]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"--"Is it possible?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's bragging rights in your hometown. Who doesn't want to be the guy to go to 7-Eleven and be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's bragging rights in your hometown. Who doesn't want to be the guy to go to 7-Eleven and be able to say they're the king of the town?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19871]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62819</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/6756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in his own thoughts makes light of the matter, all find to their surprise that they have drawn upon themselves by their neglect a personal misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21886]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you  His absolute 'shall'? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you  His absolute 'shall'?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22908]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation, ... Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation, ... Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand to take rates up faster than the market currently anticipates?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without progress; inquiry, without object; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16368]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without progress; inquiry, without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;   They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,    And flare up bodily, wings and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way they're so proper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way they're so proper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All pitchers are born pitchers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63366]]></link><description><![CDATA[All pitchers are born pitchers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language of truth is simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language of truth is simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49958]]></link><description><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is all nouns and verbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is all nouns and verbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46819</guid></item></channel></rss>