<?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[To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28068]]></link><description><![CDATA[To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an alcoholic. Goddamn it Otto, you have Lupis... one of those two doesn't sound right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48121]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12824]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932]]></link><description><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133]]></link><description><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the topography of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the topography of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men are men; the best sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51438]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men are men; the best sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the bones have become most dry, when they are lying most scattered and separate from each other, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6998]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the bones have become most dry, when they are lying most scattered and separate from each other, there is still a word going forth -- from Him who liveth for ever and ever -- the voice which says, "These bones shall rise."   All struggles after union, though they may be of the most abortive kind, though they may produce fresh sects and fresh divisions, though they must do so as long as they rest on the notion that unity is something visible and material, yet indicate a deep and divine necessity which men could not be conscious of in their dreams if they were not beginning to wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51934]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor. [Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset, quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But his zeal None seconded, as out of season judged,  Or singular and rash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62627]]></link><description><![CDATA[But his zeal None seconded, as out of season judged,  Or singular and rash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just have to get as ready as I can be for that match. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32184]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just have to get as ready as I can be for that match.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[January grey is here, Like a sexton by her grave;  February bears the bier,   March with grief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54956]]></link><description><![CDATA[January grey is here, Like a sexton by her grave;  February bears the bier,   March with grief doth howl and rave,    And April weeps--but, O ye hours!     Follow with May's fairest flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1892]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes the whole town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Representative Myers has been a true friend to the pork industry, has always been willing to listen to our concerns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Representative Myers has been a true friend to the pork industry, has always been willing to listen to our concerns, and has been a leader on many important issues related to the pork industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American newspapers write about the information economy. In contrast, Europeans speak of an 'information society.' They (the Europeans) believe business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36667]]></link><description><![CDATA[American newspapers write about the information economy. In contrast, Europeans speak of an 'information society.' They (the Europeans) believe business is there to be taxed, and to support the election of politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5808]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had to abandon as there has been no significant improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37071]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had to abandon as there has been no significant improvement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to disciplineourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21829]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to disciplineourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has to be able to provide some leadership in his own country on this issue, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40889]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has to be able to provide some leadership in his own country on this issue,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;   And this our life, exempt from human haunt,    Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,     Sermons in stones, and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feller that calls you "brother" generally wants something that don't belong to him ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feller that calls you "brother" generally wants something that don't belong to him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1680]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The field conditions were terrible and the girls were freezing cold, but they were able to overcome that. Their game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The field conditions were terrible and the girls were freezing cold, but they were able to overcome that. Their game came together and they played really well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but a mule denies his family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15177]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but a mule denies his family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest potential for control the ends to exist at the point where action takes place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest potential for control the ends to exist at the point where action takes place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we wanted to show was that this man, after 30 years, decides he wants to die and he doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28765]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we wanted to show was that this man, after 30 years, decides he wants to die and he doesn't seem to us like someone who was unstable, as some people have suggested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29715]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. Japan must have its own resources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your economic development organization is a one-man show and it's handicapped and doesn't have the resources to do what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your economic development organization is a one-man show and it's handicapped and doesn't have the resources to do what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27858]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the dream of a man awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the dream of a man awake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63295</guid></item></channel></rss>