<?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[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send not a Catt for Lard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Send not a Catt for Lard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begone about your business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begone about your business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54208]]></link><description><![CDATA[It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is perfectly bombast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[realities we often overlook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39009]]></link><description><![CDATA[realities we often overlook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63963]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28925]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil prices played a pivotal role in the market's magnificent run, as they did in stock markets in neighboring oil-rich Gulf States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't say it's autobiographical, but I do tell a number of anecdotes that I think are amusing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't say it's autobiographical, but I do tell a number of anecdotes that I think are amusing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16644]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61049]]></link><description><![CDATA[By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward To what they were before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward To what they were before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird,  Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25594]]></link><description><![CDATA[When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the shifting clouds be what you please,   Or let the easily persuaded eyes    Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould     Of a friend's fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison eith this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66468]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The national assembly should draft the permanent constitution within a period ending by August 22. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The national assembly should draft the permanent constitution within a period ending by August 22.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56068]]></link><description><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frieth in his own grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frieth in his own grease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue to search for more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when students graduate from universities, they are not able to fill the intellectual positions that need to be filled. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when students graduate from universities, they are not able to fill the intellectual positions that need to be filled. They are not capable of generating new ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260]]></link><description><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This individual was fortunate he was not ejected from his vehicle due to the fact he was wearing a seat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31872]]></link><description><![CDATA[This individual was fortunate he was not ejected from his vehicle due to the fact he was wearing a seat belt, ... We see so many accidents, especially where the vehicle rolls over, where the driver or occupants, who aren't properly restrained, get thrown from the vehicle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow,  Like a sheeted ghost, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow,  Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept   Towards the reef of Norman's Woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24009]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la tete d'un livre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56168]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them   Unhappy folks on shore, now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58030</guid></item></channel></rss>