<?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[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task to prove--   By firm resolve to conquer love!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when we love we are stuck loving someone who has no desire to change, or no desire to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when we love we are stuck loving someone who has no desire to change, or no desire to work things out with us in an effort to make things better, or to keep the relationship on a track of growth and fulfillment. There comes a point in time in some relationships that we must realize the only option that we have to live a good life is to let what is weighing us down in life go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24557]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41753]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's 'Strike Hard' crime campaign mentality is still prevalent, at least in some parts of the country. There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than other punishments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47093]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which neverhappened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which neverhappened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never expected to get this far. It starts with our unselfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39314]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never expected to get this far. It starts with our unselfishness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13235]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right living, and not merely as mistakes in the mind, for it is the effect they have on our actions which matters most. So soon as we abstract them from our lives and think of them only as faults in our mental machinery, we tend to embrace the greatest fallacy of all -- which is to think of Christianity as a way of looking at life instead of a way of changing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13559]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boasting TravelerA man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boasting TravelerA man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2089]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17766]]></link><description><![CDATA[As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36924]]></link><description><![CDATA[For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible. Our science has always desired to monitor, measure, abstract, and castrate meaning, forgetting that life is full of noise and that death alone is silent: work noise, noise of man, and noise of beast. Noise bought, sold, or prohibited. Nothing essential happens in the absence of noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ballet were easy, they'd call it football ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3705]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ballet were easy, they'd call it football]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55320]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56116]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43911]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23082]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. [Lat., Sed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. [Lat., Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physician, heal thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physician, heal thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30375]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43085</guid></item></channel></rss>