<?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[The universe is made of stories, not atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is made of stories, not atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60201</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/11726]]></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/11726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55949]]></link><description><![CDATA[His nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just don't really like each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28588]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just don't really like each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are tenting tonight on the old camp ground, Give us a song to cheer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57217]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are tenting tonight on the old camp ground, Give us a song to cheer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42879]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65204]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29139]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive and always positive, so that's always a good thing. When she is up, the team is also up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, there have 788 graft cases in North Sumatra reported by people to the KPK, but the commission has decided ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, there have 788 graft cases in North Sumatra reported by people to the KPK, but the commission has decided that only 163 of them should be followed up on. It really does mean there is a huge graft problem in North Sumatra.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4761]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said, in regard to a judo expert's level of mental development, that "the arms are an extension ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23557]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said, in regard to a judo expert's level of mental development, that "the arms are an extension of the mind."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is bad luck to be superstitious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statisticians probably do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statisticians probably do it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it counted the most, that's when we started losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40798]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it counted the most, that's when we started losing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62097]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33985]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the family thinks the sale of the company is imminent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58677]]></link><description><![CDATA[To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11871]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Maker, divine Truth and Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17313]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spheres of influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spheres of influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586]]></link><description><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds grow high; Impending tempests charge the sky;  The lightning flies, the thunder roars;   And big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds grow high; Impending tempests charge the sky;  The lightning flies, the thunder roars;   And big waves lash the frightened shores.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19449]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not wish to inhibit the artistic merits of our students, but there will be warnings before particularly racy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not wish to inhibit the artistic merits of our students, but there will be warnings before particularly racy films.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43951]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean that accountability and democracy will advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private victories precede public victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private victories precede public victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51050]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56134]]></link><description><![CDATA[I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12852</guid></item></channel></rss>