<?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[Poetry is life distilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is life distilled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise. [Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und gelaufiger, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise. [Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und gelaufiger, zu schmeicheln als zu loben.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to old Adam's crystal ale, Clear sparkling and divine,  Fair H2O, long may you flow,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to old Adam's crystal ale, Clear sparkling and divine,  Fair H2O, long may you flow,   We think your health (in wine).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hare and the TortoiseA hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hare and the TortoiseA hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race. The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue. Slow but steady wins the race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good Samaritans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good Samaritans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were down 6-0 to a pretty good pitcher (Pat McCoy). But one thing I've learned is with aluminum bats, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were down 6-0 to a pretty good pitcher (Pat McCoy). But one thing I've learned is with aluminum bats, you're never really out of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The multitude is always in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The multitude is always in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34686]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26862]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43666]]></link><description><![CDATA[However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Picking] an interim CEO is just one of many discussions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29660]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Picking] an interim CEO is just one of many discussions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cannot insult a religion whatever it is. To defend the dignity of one's religion does not mean one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34960]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cannot insult a religion whatever it is. To defend the dignity of one's religion does not mean one is radical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17643]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growing interest is coming from our adult and senior populations, with a need for more family-oriented activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37544]]></link><description><![CDATA[The growing interest is coming from our adult and senior populations, with a need for more family-oriented activities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19948]]></link><description><![CDATA[When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he is out for a long time he will be a huge loss because he has been magnificent over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39682]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he is out for a long time he will be a huge loss because he has been magnificent over the past few months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20025]]></link><description><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A disarmed peace is weake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A disarmed peace is weake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only young once, but you can be immature forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1784]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48418]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[English attitudes to the respective forms of the game offer a clue as to why England continue to fare so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42552]]></link><description><![CDATA[English attitudes to the respective forms of the game offer a clue as to why England continue to fare so badly at One-day cricket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses. The Bramble answered: 'You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree. Better poverty without care, than riches with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't… you know, it's interesting. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44448]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't… you know, it's interesting. I think we don't make things up. We just distill it to, hopefully, its most humorous nugget. And in that sense it seems faked and skewed just because we don't have to be subjective or pretend to be objective. We can just put it out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22114]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron hand in a velvet glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron hand in a velvet glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among Christians so much prominence has been given to the disciplinary effects of sorrow, affliction, bereavement, that they have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among Christians so much prominence has been given to the disciplinary effects of sorrow, affliction, bereavement, that they have been in danger of overlooking the other and more obvious side: that by every joy, by every favor, by every sign of prosperity -- yea, and by these chiefly -- God designs to educate and discipline His children. This one-sided view of the truth has made many morbid, gloomy Christians, who look for God's hand only in the lightning and never think of seeing it in the sunlight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  The schoolmaster over the land is advancing,   Then why is the master of dancing so slow?    It is such a bore to be always caught tripping     In dull uniformity year after year;      Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping:       I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16563]]></link><description><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054</guid></item></channel></rss>