<?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 direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56426]]></link><description><![CDATA[So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need, That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church has failed to follow her appointed pathway of separation, holiness, heavenliness and testimony to an absent but coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church has failed to follow her appointed pathway of separation, holiness, heavenliness and testimony to an absent but coming Christ; she has turned aside from that purpose to the work of civilizing the world, building magnificent temples, and acquiring earthly power and wealth, and, in this way, has ceased to follow in the footsteps of Him who had not where to lay His head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Skype team's thinking is they don't need help. They've got the best product and the market will come to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Skype team's thinking is they don't need help. They've got the best product and the market will come to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he could be a good player because he could shoot the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[had everything to live for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29904]]></link><description><![CDATA[had everything to live for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a communion with God that asks for nothing, yet asks for everything... He who seeks the Father more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8172]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a communion with God that asks for nothing, yet asks for everything... He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is by far the best team we've seen. Their posts are quick so it's hard for posts to match ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32107]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is by far the best team we've seen. Their posts are quick so it's hard for posts to match up with them when you try to jump up into a zone. When you try to match up man-to-man, you have those back-door cuts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal was to be here and then let the cards happen the way they happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal was to be here and then let the cards happen the way they happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55432]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house   When our gudeman's awa.   - William Julius Mickle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's use is to me no more   Than an unstringed viol or a harp,    Or like a cunning instrument cased up     Or, being open, put into his hands      That knows no touch to tune the harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54538]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  God is none other than the Saviour of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  God is none other than the Saviour of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquities... Those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified him, but have glorified themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition can creep as well as soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition can creep as well as soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 O for a closer walk with God,  A calm and heavenly frame, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 O for a closer walk with God,  A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road  That leads me to the Lamb Return, O holy Dove, return,  Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made Thee mourn  And drove Thee from my breast The dearest idol I have known,  Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne,  And worship only Thee. So shall my walk be close with God,  Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road  That leads me to the Lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in the European Union, which is 15 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51621]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51621</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[We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54846]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak,  I heard five bobolinks laughing together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4418]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak,  I heard five bobolinks laughing together,   Over some ornithological joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know that because he was on the board so long and nobody challenged him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31862]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know that because he was on the board so long and nobody challenged him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This ban was enacted at the federal level, and Congress decided that it was an ineffective tool to combat violent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29261]]></link><description><![CDATA[This ban was enacted at the federal level, and Congress decided that it was an ineffective tool to combat violent crime, and as a result they did not renew it in 2004.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme valleys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme valleys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history that a leader has told the people the bitter truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moving moon went up to the sky, And nowhere did abide;  Softly she was going up,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moving moon went up to the sky, And nowhere did abide;  Softly she was going up,   And a star or two beside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43069</guid></item></channel></rss>