<?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[Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compared with the totality of knowledge which is continually utilized in the evolution of a dynamic civilization, the difference between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compared with the totality of knowledge which is continually utilized in the evolution of a dynamic civilization, the difference between the knowledge that the wisest and that which the most ignorant individual can deliberately employ is comparatively insignificant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a surplus of natural gas in inventories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39173]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a surplus of natural gas in inventories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I criticize by creation--not by finding fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a major accomplishment for me and I'll take it in stride. I was just trying to focus on helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38921]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a major accomplishment for me and I'll take it in stride. I was just trying to focus on helping the team get a 'W' today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64979]]></link><description><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9690]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler.Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important.All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age.Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbors believe she wept for the death of a third husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on next to nothing, have taken due precaution against ever perishing from hunger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have two drivers winning among themselves, the races become too predictable. What we need and what Formula One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37492]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have two drivers winning among themselves, the races become too predictable. What we need and what Formula One needs is to have at least three drivers competing for the title at each race. This opens out the field and there is much more interest from the spectators and fans,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandals aren't over. Something shows up in March, around the 12th or the 18th. I see a man in Parliament ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandals aren't over. Something shows up in March, around the 12th or the 18th. I see a man in Parliament with his head hung low, apologizing for something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54748]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor deer, quoth he, thou makest a testament As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more To that which had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor deer, quoth he, thou makest a testament As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more To that which had too much. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's timing in moving me down here was perfect, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39159]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's timing in moving me down here was perfect,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. - The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. - The Tempation to Exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treading beneath their feet all visible things, As steps that upwards to their Father's throne  Lead gradual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treading beneath their feet all visible things, As steps that upwards to their Father's throne  Lead gradual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Every action of our lives touches on some chord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the more. [Fr., Il n'y a rien de change en ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the more. [Fr., Il n'y a rien de change en France; il n'y a qu'un Francais de plus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been close to decision-making for a long time and observed several prime ministers. He's had all the training that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34783]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been close to decision-making for a long time and observed several prime ministers. He's had all the training that's required and he certainly has the capabilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is like art. Most of it is pretty bad, and the good stuff is out of your price range. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is like art. Most of it is pretty bad, and the good stuff is out of your price range.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's wants. There is no other way of counteracting the antagonism of language and race. It is God's own method of producing an entente cordiale, and no other plan is worth a farthing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the highway on time remains to be seen. The situation will be clearer in a week or two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark  To captivate her favorite fly   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17581]]></link><description><![CDATA[When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark  To captivate her favorite fly   And tempt the rover through the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55815]]></link><description><![CDATA[This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,— This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14593]]></link><description><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty begets license. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty begets license.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be united--united--united. [Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be united--united--united. [Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60145</guid></item></channel></rss>