<?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 bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503]]></link><description><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are faults we would fain pardon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are faults we would fain pardon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement.  After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement.  After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49511]]></link><description><![CDATA[If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26958]]></link><description><![CDATA[A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24559]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playboy has done a good job of positioning themselves on the Internet and with other forms of media. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playboy has done a good job of positioning themselves on the Internet and with other forms of media. They have transitioned the company where it could be a brand for decades to come,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32400</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[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to try to do some things, and send some things over there also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to try to do some things, and send some things over there also.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at the beginning, then afterwards we should be able to do all things with ease and joy. It is a hard thing to break through a habit, and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will. Yet, if thou overcome not slight and easy obstacles, how wilt thou overcome greater ones? Withstand thy will at the beginning, and unlearn an evil habit, lest it lead thee little by little into worse difficulties. Oh, if thou knewest what peace to thyself thy holy life should bring, ... and what joy to others, methinketh thou wouldst be more zealous for spiritual profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31263]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only reason I learned that we had a tornado was because a friend warned me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ID theft and security breaches are crimes like any other - they won't completely go away. So we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39199]]></link><description><![CDATA[ID theft and security breaches are crimes like any other - they won't completely go away. So we have to try to reduce the amount of data that's at risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless us every one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4316]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless us every one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25452]]></link><description><![CDATA[London is the clearing-house of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was huge. He was ridiculously important [to the team]. This guy went out and all of a sudden he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30459]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was huge. He was ridiculously important [to the team]. This guy went out and all of a sudden he jumps in and he expected to work into the seventh every night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18083]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one hit. You don't see a lot of teams stringing six and seven hits together to score runs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did a good job in the second half to get out and pressure them and not let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did a good job in the second half to get out and pressure them and not let them get into a rhythm and knocking the ball around in the midfield, which they like to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through the neglect of his former masters. On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or complexion. What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23660]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are busy looking at your next step,how can you see where you are going? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34402]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are busy looking at your next step,how can you see where you are going?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it men or women who work themost in slaughterhouses?Is it men or women who aremost involved in domestic battering?Is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it men or women who work themost in slaughterhouses?Is it men or women who aremost involved in domestic battering?Is it men or women who committhe most rapes?Is it men or women whovote for the most executions?Is it men or women who promotewar, vote for war, kill in war?Is it men or women who as'talk show hosts' allow no talk?Is it men or women whoare more often pedophiles?Is it men or women who torturelab animals more?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was something deep down inside I wanted to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37957]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was something deep down inside I wanted to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17939]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An honest God is the noblest work of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17702]]></link><description><![CDATA[An honest God is the noblest work of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse,  And, chanting her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse,  And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24245]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47987]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47987</guid></item></channel></rss>