<?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[A hat not much worse for wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18884]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hat not much worse for wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goths tend to be rather pacifistic, so to associate all Goths with violence because some of them are into heavy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goths tend to be rather pacifistic, so to associate all Goths with violence because some of them are into heavy metal music is illogical. It makes just as much sense to reason like this: some nuns like soccer; violence sometimes occurs at soccer matches; therefore, nuns tend to be violent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43561]]></link><description><![CDATA[No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42779]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29620]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He won't run if there is more rain. There is no point sending him around on a wet track. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He won't run if there is more rain. There is no point sending him around on a wet track. He's hopeless in the soft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball last year. We were just hoping he'd get it back on track, and I think he did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36199]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/75]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/75</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,   When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1155]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat, While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18882]]></link><description><![CDATA[So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat, While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11608]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not donut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not donut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23408]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll probably pitch as much as he would if he was in Spring Training. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41377]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll probably pitch as much as he would if he was in Spring Training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/345]]></link><description><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, she settled for the one unanswerable accusation. "Men!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35403]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out flat, with no intensity. That's the inexperience of our ball club; we didn't look ready to play against one of the top teams around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six years--six little years--six drops of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six years--six little years--six drops of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's providence is on the side of clear heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51938]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's providence is on the side of clear heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48725]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7445]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich uphold, Loose all your bolts and springs, Ope wide your leaves of gold, That in your roofs may come the King of Kings. O well-spring of this All! Thy Father's image vive; Word, that from nought did call What is, doth reason, live; The soul's eternal food, Earth's joy, delight of heaven; All truth, love, beauty, good: To thee, to thee be praises ever given! O glory of the heaven! O sole delight of earth! To thee all power be given, God's uncreated birth! Of mankind lover true, Indearer of his wrong, Who doth the world renew, Still be thou our salvation and our song!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60173]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected without their owner's knowledge. The amount of media attention regarding the destructiveness and rapid propagation of the worm are accelerating action to block and remove the virus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47873]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey coat,   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes, Dexterity so obeying appetite  That what he will he does, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes, Dexterity so obeying appetite  That what he will he does, and does so much   That proof is called impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902</guid></item></channel></rss>