<?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[Then my dial goes not true; I look this lark for a bunting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then my dial goes not true; I look this lark for a bunting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58954]]></link><description><![CDATA[When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the glory of expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the glory of expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was flying. I was pulling away from Frank like he was standing still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was flying. I was pulling away from Frank like he was standing still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentration is the secret of strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentration is the secret of strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if my mom just got tired of voting for North College Hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if my mom just got tired of voting for North College Hill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17787]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. And with all due respect for those gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, vote for gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41582]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents are here for my education. I don't want to walk out of class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34039]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some extent, that's already priced into the market, so you're not seeing that much stock reaction. There's not a lot of conviction and some people will take profits. But I think there will continue to be a moderately upwards bias for the remainder of the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't a hard choice. They look at people that graduate from Rice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't a hard choice. They look at people that graduate from Rice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24836]]></link><description><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a surplus of those birds to carry over. The fact that there was a shortage of 2-year-olds to hunt last year meant more pressure on the older birds, so that cuts down the carry over on those, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47264]]></link><description><![CDATA[...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political rather than by economic means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59150]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66109]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. So that's why they're here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love - that's not so bad either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love - that's not so bad either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick (Though he gave his name to our Old Nick).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to send you by fax a list of ingredients. And I want you to come up with recipes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to send you by fax a list of ingredients. And I want you to come up with recipes for lovers that (are) easy. Because if you're going to spend the day cooking, you won't have any energy left for love-making.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59123]]></link><description><![CDATA[When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as creeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as creeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19984</guid></item></channel></rss>