<?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[He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole world. [Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46472]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole world. [Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51892]]></link><description><![CDATA[As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50894]]></link><description><![CDATA[To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!  Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!  Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye!   Over the table,--look out for the lamp!    The rogue is growing a little old;     Five years we've tramped through wind and weather,      And slept out-doors when nights were cold,       And ate and drank and starved together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17707]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm finding that people think it's a choice, for me to have Woody. He's my best buddy, I'm never lonely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32550]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm finding that people think it's a choice, for me to have Woody. He's my best buddy, I'm never lonely, and he really helps me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Paris a queer little man you may see, A little man all in gray;  Rosy and round as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9933]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Paris a queer little man you may see, A little man all in gray;  Rosy and round as an apple is he,   Content with the present whate'er it may be,    While from care and from cash he is equally free,     And merry both night and day!      "Ma foi! I laugh at the world," says he,       "I laugh at the world, and the world laughs at me!"        What a gay little man in gray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was my first time in front of the television cameras and my home crowd so I'm delighted by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was my first time in front of the television cameras and my home crowd so I'm delighted by the way I played and the result,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has afunction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has afunction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love dance. We want everybody, dancers and non-dancers alike, to have access to this beautiful art form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33310]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love dance. We want everybody, dancers and non-dancers alike, to have access to this beautiful art form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot do that through acquisitions alone. The real engine of growth is the core businesses themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31367]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot do that through acquisitions alone. The real engine of growth is the core businesses themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.   - William Makepeace Thackeray,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9029]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44694]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56083]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are terrific. They beget terror.The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves are bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9901]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not an exact science, it is an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not an exact science, it is an art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37558]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked me if I would consider writing a standalone. The series novel can do a lot to build a loyal readership, but the standalone is sometimes easier for the publisher to market to a broader audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62868]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a real trickle down effect when there isn't much snow. Resorts, restaurants, ski shops - we're all impacted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40754]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a real trickle down effect when there isn't much snow. Resorts, restaurants, ski shops - we're all impacted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word is already that we are only sending blacks out of this state. We are make (sic) a strategic error. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Word is already that we are only sending blacks out of this state. We are make (sic) a strategic error. FEMA will not have to answer to the people, we will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed.  Speak truly, and each word of thine   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed.  Speak truly, and each word of thine   Shall be a fruitful seed.    Live truly, and thy life shall be     A great and noble creed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kind of give-and-take lies at the heart of scientific progress and is precisely why scientific analyses are made available ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30739]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kind of give-and-take lies at the heart of scientific progress and is precisely why scientific analyses are made available in the open literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that once hitts, is ever bending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that once hitts, is ever bending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so that you might depart from the Islamic lands? But you were obstinate and were led by arrogance to more crime and your foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said these proposals deserve to be met with contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48460]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because th]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority is quite degrading ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority is quite degrading]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13840]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was pleased that we came out ready to play. We played well together and played with a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was pleased that we came out ready to play. We played well together and played with a lot of intensity. We pressured them really hard early and got some turnovers to get that good lead at the beginning of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043]]></link><description><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61545]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Chevy Chase and you're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm Chevy Chase and you're not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every countrey the sun rises in the morning. [In every country the sun rises in the morning.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49538]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every countrey the sun rises in the morning. [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49538</guid></item></channel></rss>