<?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[And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56600]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own judgement despite collective disapproval.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26554]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achilles absent, was Achilles still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achilles absent, was Achilles still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want Doug Melvin with money burning a hole in his pocket, ... We're already scouting free agents for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41852]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want Doug Melvin with money burning a hole in his pocket, ... We're already scouting free agents for next year. But we are not getting free agents if it's not the right fit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64608]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20947]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane Heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolt from the blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bolt from the blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37733]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62681]]></link><description><![CDATA[...The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in that invisible fabric.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50057]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kmart's significant losses and sales decline in the first quarter reflect the many challenges the company faced in the period ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kmart's significant losses and sales decline in the first quarter reflect the many challenges the company faced in the period following our voluntary Chapter 11 filing, ... These challenges included reduced inventory levels as vendors withheld shipments in the early days of the reorganization and reduced store traffic arising from the bankruptcy filing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.   - George Colman ("The Younger"), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.   - George Colman ("The Younger"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33519]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready for a physical game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independence now: and Independence forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52389]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I guess. We've had a number of people tested who came in with symptoms, but none of those were positive for flu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/901]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true "gift" in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor certainly takes pride in Pittsburgh's accomplishments and would be more than willing to participate in a friendly wager. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor certainly takes pride in Pittsburgh's accomplishments and would be more than willing to participate in a friendly wager.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't look like there will be any disruption in the near term. Iran relies on the money the oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't look like there will be any disruption in the near term. Iran relies on the money the oil brings in so they wouldn't be able to cut supplies for long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63256]]></link><description><![CDATA[America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, least appropriate to any statement, about it, are the words "always" and "never."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is genius in homespun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is genius in homespun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's obviously a ton of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36027]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's obviously a ton of money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on sin:  Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that damnation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on sin:  Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that damnation or hell, is the permanent choice of the not-God. God does not (in the monstrous old-fashioned phrase) "send" anybody to hell; hell is that state of the soul in which its choice becomes obdurate and fixed; the punishment (so to call it) of that soul is to remain eternally in that State which it has chosen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy shoots at others and wounds itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy shoots at others and wounds itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16966]]></link><description><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who has not marveled at the might of kings  When voyaging down the river of dead years?  What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who has not marveled at the might of kings  When voyaging down the river of dead years?  What deeds of death to still an hour of fears, What waste of wealth to gild a moth's frail wings!  A Caesar to the breeze his banner flings,  An Alexander with his bloody spears,  A Herod heedless of his people's tears!  And Rome in ruin while Nero laughs and sings:  Ye actors of a drama, cruel and cold,  Your names are by-words in Love's temple now,  Your pomp and glory but a winding-sheet;  Then Christ came scorning regal power and gold  To wear warm blood-drops on a willing brow,  And we, in love, forever kiss His feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off Milosevic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2848]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085]]></link><description><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.   But if I get among the glum    I hold my tongue to tell the truth     And keep my breath to cool my broth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41205</guid></item></channel></rss>