<?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 child of trial, to mortality And all its changeful influences given;  On the green earth decreed to move ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child of trial, to mortality And all its changeful influences given;  On the green earth decreed to move and die,   And yet by such a fate prepared for heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. Abraham Lincoln  There is no little enemy. •Benjamin Franklin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13861]]></link><description><![CDATA[I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. Abraham Lincoln  There is no little enemy. •Benjamin Franklin  The friend of my enemy is my enemy. •Anonymous   With friends like this, who needs enemies? •Henny Youngman   It is impossible for one person to know another so well that he can dispense with belief. •Friedrich Durrenmatt   The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes. •Aesop   The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. •Sam Levenson  It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. •William Blake  He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him. •Eddie Cantor  You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. •Eric Hoffer  I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business. •Bette Davis  It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. •Sally Kempton  We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. •Ricther  Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work. •Anonymous  Enemies promises were made to be broken. •Aesop   The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts. •William Ellery Channing   You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. •Joseph Conrad   Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards. •R A Dickson   I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people. •Benjamin Franklin   A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends. •Baltasar Gracian   I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights! •Warren Gamaliel Harding   Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him. •Ernest Jones   Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. •John F. Kennedy   Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. •Stephen King   Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. •Francois De La Rochefoucauld   There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy. •Frankfort Moore   He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life. •Friedrich Nietzsche   Bear patiently with a rival. •Ovid   Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing. •Proverb   Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise, 'twas one of my most intimate enemies. •Dante Gabriel Rossetti   Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy. •N. F. Simpson   Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right. •Gordon Sumner   One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. •Jonathan Swift   In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36177]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ability of governments like Brazil to enforce environmental laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66703]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53728]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the hills and far away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3608]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,  Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,  Because the one so near the other is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw one at $3.09, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw one at $3.09,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought the PK was pretty clear cut. Josh did well and drew the foul. But we can't rely on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33272]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought the PK was pretty clear cut. Josh did well and drew the foul. But we can't rely on that. We've got to be better and can't count on the referee to get it right. We still have to come out, and if we don't get a couple of goals, still find a way to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has been supporting Haj pilgrimage for those Afghans who wish to go to Saudi Arabia. The Alliance has played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37061]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has been supporting Haj pilgrimage for those Afghans who wish to go to Saudi Arabia. The Alliance has played a role in helping transport concerning their security as they leave and come back to Afghanistan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63489]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar should have a good memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26144]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar should have a good memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5728]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which we daily hear from Christian lips. To possess a high spirit, to behave with proper spirit when used ill -- by which is meant, a quick feeling of injuries, and a promptness in resenting them -- entitles to commendation; and a meek-spirited disposition, the highest Scripture eulogium, expresses ideas of disapprobation and contempt. Vanity and vainglory are suffered without interruption to retain their natural possession of the heart.   ... William Wilberforce, A Practical View  July 31, 2000 Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56989]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34949]]></link><description><![CDATA[[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government has a solid base. The next government will be judged according to its pre-election promise: to fix Israel's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government has a solid base. The next government will be judged according to its pre-election promise: to fix Israel's borders based on demographic considerations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the `90's, it always happens around the October, November months near the end of September, ... To not have a false sense of security because just because we've been slow, doesn't mean we're out of the woods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34928]]></link><description><![CDATA[A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62587]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The contests of disputing friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're the biggest food and agriculture company in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're the biggest food and agriculture company in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Makeme feel important." Never forget this message when working withpeople. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Makeme feel important." Never forget this message when working withpeople.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take it from us. As they (Europeans) see Iran's determination, they will be forced to show flexibility and accept it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413</guid></item></channel></rss>