<?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[Moderation is the secret of survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is the secret of survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031]]></link><description><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46372]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence it came.  Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence it came.  Thy very beams will dry those vapors up,   For every cloud engenders not a storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fatigue is the best pillow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our armies swore terrible in Flanders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking at new places in that part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31677]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking at new places in that part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God who sends the wound sends the medicine. [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26685]]></link><description><![CDATA[God who sends the wound sends the medicine. [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from all duty free,   And hock itself be less esteem'd than thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself. [Fr., Le monde recompense plus souvent les apparences de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself. [Fr., Le monde recompense plus souvent les apparences de merite que le merite meme.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value is what people are willing to pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value is what people are willing to pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1684]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this year. We've learned lessons from Iraq and we're getting improved intelligence from the Afghan people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39739]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real value of contracts. I've done the math in my head 100 times and I don't know how they computed this cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5485]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our time frame with this is on Nov. 15, we need to submit a plan on how to consolidate 26 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time frame with this is on Nov. 15, we need to submit a plan on how to consolidate 26 county offices to Washington. We're going to be gathering input from farmers and others on the best way to do this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And last the Vice and Follies of the Age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60499]]></link><description><![CDATA[And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55202]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others that are still in Louisiana. They are still trying to get pets out of the city. Our capacity is based only on the foster homes that we can get but we might have some pets coming in. That is a possibility. The need is still there. Most rescue groups get broadcast messages on animal in distress and pet finders and they are still trying to find homes for these pets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's saved affords No indication of what's lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25574]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's saved affords No indication of what's lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41496]]></link><description><![CDATA[This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see where we are ... if we can move forward or have to close down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59698]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love lies bleeding in the bed whereover Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading:  Earth lies laughing where the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love lies bleeding in the bed whereover Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading:  Earth lies laughing where the sun's dart clove her:   Love lies bleeding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. -King Henry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55856]]></link><description><![CDATA[There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716]]></link><description><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52899]]></link><description><![CDATA['I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against uncivilised tribes.' **********WinstonChurchill, Secretary of State, British War Office, 1919, authorisinguse of chemical weapons against Iraqis.. in the first of 6invasions of Iraq by agents of Anglo Iranian Oil (BritishPetroleum) in the last 100 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography helps people to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography helps people to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23939]]></link><description><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the desert road,   Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23083</guid></item></channel></rss>