<?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[You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22019]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to demand that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia get immediate access to Kosovo, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41092]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to demand that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia get immediate access to Kosovo,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23973]]></link><description><![CDATA[One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45515]]></link><description><![CDATA[A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. -Bill Vaughan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged index of social position. . . . Crusoe was rather a moralist than a pietist, and his leaf-umbrella is as fine an example of the civilized mind striving to express itself under adverse circumstances as we have ever met with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5660]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what seniors are for, to win a ballgame for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37179]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what seniors are for, to win a ballgame for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22844]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;   They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,    And flare up bodily, wings and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27420]]></link><description><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16845]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11768]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down."  He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke.  I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink; So may he cease to write, and learn to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink; So may he cease to write, and learn to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2728]]></link><description><![CDATA[When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis better to suffer wrong than do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62441]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack   Of somebody to hew and hack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be,  Primrose and Hyacinth   And frail Anemone,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be,  Primrose and Hyacinth   And frail Anemone,    Perennial Strawberry-bloom,     Woodsorrel's pencilled veil,      Dishevel'd Willow-weed       And Orchis purple and pale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's been working pretty damn well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's been working pretty damn well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scratch a lover, and find a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scratch a lover, and find a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pretty and sweet manner of it forced Those waters from me which I would have stopped;  But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pretty and sweet manner of it forced Those waters from me which I would have stopped;  But I had not so much of man in me,   And all my mother came into mine eyes    And gave me up to tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time undermines us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time undermines us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24730]]></link><description><![CDATA[By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5342]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most countries, if you have drugs in your possession, in your suitcase or on you, the fact that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33676]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most countries, if you have drugs in your possession, in your suitcase or on you, the fact that you don't know about it or you were set up or you're carrying someone else's bag -- that is no excuse whatsoever and you're gonna be sentenced to the full extent of the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, far more sophisticated than the Russians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the past month we've seen record-breaking earning announcements from a number of the top casino gaming companies. It didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32402]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the past month we've seen record-breaking earning announcements from a number of the top casino gaming companies. It didn't seem to matter went on with the economy or gas prices, people found their way to the casinos and race tracks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664   When God would make His name known to mankind, He could find no better word than "I AM". "I am that I am," says God, "I change not." Everyone and everything else measures from that fixed point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15564]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12323]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They struck her working tools, her legs, her arms, her hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31806]]></link><description><![CDATA[They struck her working tools, her legs, her arms, her hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.   - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58530]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.   - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them. He knocked at the door and inquired of the inmates how they all did, saying that if they were ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them. They replied, We are all very well, and shall continue so, if you will only be good enough to go away, and leave us as we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27081</guid></item></channel></rss>