<?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[In politics nothing is contemptible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics nothing is contemptible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not need; they have smaller families. It's lifestyle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35891]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not need; they have smaller families. It's lifestyle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   Is a year of tamer life!    City of glorious days,     Of hope, and labour and mirth,      With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays       For the ships of all the earth!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacred to the memory of printing, the art preservative of all arts. This was first invented about the year 1440. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sacred to the memory of printing, the art preservative of all arts. This was first invented about the year 1440. [Lat., Memoriae sacrum  Typographia   Ars artium omnium    Conservatrix     Hic primum inventa      Circa annum mccccxl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18971]]></link><description><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different choice. They're raising veterans' health care fees by $250 a year while cutting taxes for millionaires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, good Cesario, but that piece of song, That old and antique song we heard last night.  Methought it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, good Cesario, but that piece of song, That old and antique song we heard last night.  Methought it did relieve my passion much,   More than light airs and recollected terms    Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times.     Come, but one verse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For seldom shall she hear a tale So said, so tender, yet so true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57927]]></link><description><![CDATA[For seldom shall she hear a tale So said, so tender, yet so true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Take courage, soul! Hold not thy strength in vain!  With faith o'ercome the steeps   Thy God hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14965]]></link><description><![CDATA["Take courage, soul! Hold not thy strength in vain!  With faith o'ercome the steeps   Thy God hath set for thee.    Beyond the Alpine summits of great pain     Lieth thine Italy."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a double-standard. And quite often if you're from Africa, if you're from a developing country, you'll be executed. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33677]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a double-standard. And quite often if you're from Africa, if you're from a developing country, you'll be executed. There aren't that many people protesting or making a big fuss. But our State Department and the media -- if you're a Westerner -- will make a big fuss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and round the prospect wide,   When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405]]></link><description><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and we still missed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you, frankly, I had a very good feeling the last few days. I had a very positive feeling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41571]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you, frankly, I had a very good feeling the last few days. I had a very positive feeling thinking things will go all right. I'm thrilled that it came to this end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the track. I've never been on the NASCAR layout, but most of it is what we used last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the track. I've never been on the NASCAR layout, but most of it is what we used last year and I know I liked that. I'm going there because I want to win the race. We need to win in order to keep the championship fight open. I am going to Mexico with that goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14704]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout,  Our blindness is a dark profound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout,  Our blindness is a dark profound,   Our deafness each one laughs about.    Then reason's light with falling ray     Doth but a trembling flicker cast.      Honor to age, ye children pay!       Alas! my fifty years are past!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They work their way down the line and everything is made to the customer's specifications. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31676]]></link><description><![CDATA[They work their way down the line and everything is made to the customer's specifications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then grew a wrinkle on fair Venus' brow, The amber sweet of love is turn'd to gall!  Gloomy was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then grew a wrinkle on fair Venus' brow, The amber sweet of love is turn'd to gall!  Gloomy was Heaven; bright Phoebus did avow   He would be coy, and would not love at all;    Swearing no greater mischief could be wrought,     Than love united to a jealous thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the things now enjoyed by civilization have been created by some man and sold by another man before anybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8827]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the things now enjoyed by civilization have been created by some man and sold by another man before anybody really enjoyed the ;benefits of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17834]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.  [Ger., Der Freunde Eifer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.  [Ger., Der Freunde Eifer ist's, der mich   Zu Grunde richtet, nicht der Hass der Feinde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54476]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purity of heart is to will one thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purity of heart is to will one thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11413]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a really classic Northwest way to ring in the New Year, that's for sure. If the weather is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32519]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a really classic Northwest way to ring in the New Year, that's for sure. If the weather is good, it's going to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9609]]></link><description><![CDATA[In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were so proud of their actions that they showed off their blood-splattered shoes they were wearing and treated his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33277]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were so proud of their actions that they showed off their blood-splattered shoes they were wearing and treated his broken lifeless body as their trophy, parading friends through the woods to look at it. They listened as he cried out for help and begged him to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long. [A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long. [A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's breezy, hit it easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57752]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's breezy, hit it easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57752</guid></item></channel></rss>