<?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[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16762]]></link><description><![CDATA[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37210]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this:   "To rise above the little things." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/324]]></link><description><![CDATA[One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this:   "To rise above the little things."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am nothing and to nothing tend, On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,  Man's noblest works must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am nothing and to nothing tend, On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,  Man's noblest works must have one common end,   And nothing crown the tablet of his name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon,  Night and all her stars;   'Twixt the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48359]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon,  Night and all her stars;   'Twixt the east and western bars    Round they journey,     Come and go!      We go with them!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make a call of the hostage takers, in the name of Islam and God the gracious, not to betray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34959]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make a call of the hostage takers, in the name of Islam and God the gracious, not to betray the principles of Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People had expected everyone to miss the quarter so it's not surprising that they missed. Market conditions are especially challenging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31759]]></link><description><![CDATA[People had expected everyone to miss the quarter so it's not surprising that they missed. Market conditions are especially challenging for some of these companies, and they are now getting down to a point where they can drive a profitable business model.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, and what is the legality?' I'd be comfortable relinquishing some privacy for security. The question is, where is the equilibrium point?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion. [Lat., Exegi monumentum aera perennius  Regalique situ pyramidum altius,   Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens    Possit diruere aut innumerabilis     Annorum series et fuga temporum.      Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei       Vitabit Libitinam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business leaders often get credit for the successful decisions that were forced on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business leaders often get credit for the successful decisions that were forced on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque Romae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29855]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53281]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25305]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest upon;What would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwell?Absence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well! - Paradise Lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For birth control, I rely on my personality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4275]]></link><description><![CDATA[For birth control, I rely on my personality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a 24-year-old man, you believe that old age begins about 55 [while] if you are a 62-year-old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33712]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a 24-year-old man, you believe that old age begins about 55 [while] if you are a 62-year-old woman, you think youth doesn't end until 57.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think people really want to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38797]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think people really want to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15502]]></link><description><![CDATA[In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be In commune held by Pallas and by thee?  Her pleasure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be In commune held by Pallas and by thee?  Her pleasure is in darts and battles; thine   In joyous feasts and draughts of rosy wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't leave if I thought that the sky was falling, ... I think the foundation is there. The institution ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29249]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't leave if I thought that the sky was falling, ... I think the foundation is there. The institution is set up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29249</guid></item></channel></rss>