<?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[We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65318]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best soldier does not attack. The superior fightersucceeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.The most successful manager ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best soldier does not attack. The superior fightersucceeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligentnonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not failure, but low aim is crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22129]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not failure, but low aim is crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death,  The younger disease, that must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12494]]></link><description><![CDATA[As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death,  The younger disease, that must subdue at length,   Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words writ in waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words writ in waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess that there isn't a better time for it. I was getting good screens and our guys were getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33045]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess that there isn't a better time for it. I was getting good screens and our guys were getting me the ball when I was open. So you can't ask for anything more than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special session, they're going to be down on the Capitol steps telling us to get out of there!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36121]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to put a crucifix onthe spot.. and bring home some of the blooddrenched dirt..and plant a white rose bush in itMilitary Families Speak Out.. broadcast on C Span.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not received. It is achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not received. It is achieved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is very, very surprised -- Microsoft on their doorstep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is very, very surprised -- Microsoft on their doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52114]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  It was no exceptional thing for Jesus to withdraw Himself "into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  It was no exceptional thing for Jesus to withdraw Himself "into the wilderness to pray." He was never for one moment of any day out of touch with God. He was speaking and listening to the Father all day long; and yet He, who was in such constant touch with God, felt the need, as well as the joy, of more prolonged and more quiet communion with Him... Most of the reasons that drive us to pray for strength and forgiveness could never have driven Him; and yet He needed prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply with the ordinance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11035]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   And the ground beneath them trembles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're now looking at going over there to begin discussions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is generally more good news, a lower unemployment rate, additional seasonally adjusted job growth, continued growth and improvement in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29639]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is generally more good news, a lower unemployment rate, additional seasonally adjusted job growth, continued growth and improvement in the Oregon economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45768]]></link><description><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baghdad is at the heart of the major issues of our time. For a foreign correspondent it is a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baghdad is at the heart of the major issues of our time. For a foreign correspondent it is a dream to be there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy,rich or poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy,rich or poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth of daffodils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19054]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed   Manifest Godhead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63765]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse--borne away with every breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse--borne away with every breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61816</guid></item></channel></rss>