<?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 question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big last extend the shoe too wide,   Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside;    The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein,     The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain;      And when too short the modish shoes are worn,       You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We certainly welcome anyone into this race, but the frank reality is when it comes to changing Pennsylvania, Lynn Swann ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We certainly welcome anyone into this race, but the frank reality is when it comes to changing Pennsylvania, Lynn Swann is the clear choice today and will be in November.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44753]]></link><description><![CDATA[He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, is what really has impressed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28633]]></link><description><![CDATA[His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, is what really has impressed us. It's good enough to where we feel he'll go to Triple-A and play a big role there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15311]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9891]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43661]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:  Full well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:  Full well the busy whisper, circling round,   Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody talked to nobody. That's why we just was almost too late. If we'd been a little later they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody talked to nobody. That's why we just was almost too late. If we'd been a little later they would have disposed of the bodies with 'next of kin unknown,' and that would have been . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution; neither is it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46987]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a very cold and windy storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32494]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a very cold and windy storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40259]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief brims itself and flows away in tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goddess was discovered by her gait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goddess was discovered by her gait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52187]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13190]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9545]]></link><description><![CDATA[INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think also what people really should try to keep in mind is, when a hit and run occurs, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think also what people really should try to keep in mind is, when a hit and run occurs, there is a lack of closure on an incident like this, people don't really have a sense of what happened and what lead to this - from a justice standpoint or from a personal standpoint- we're trying to help the family to try and understand it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe Where every book is thy epitaph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe Where every book is thy epitaph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the job of the coaching staff to turn that into a positive. We're in this for the long run. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40928]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the job of the coaching staff to turn that into a positive. We're in this for the long run. This isn't a sprint; it's a marathon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18537]]></link><description><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must yield to them. [Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;  Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22868]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is just chaos with better lighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is just chaos with better lighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will lose control of our home affairs. We will lose control, I believe, eventually of our foreign policy and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42453]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will lose control of our home affairs. We will lose control, I believe, eventually of our foreign policy and our defense policy. I find these totally unacceptable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again by driving through my home town by car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If half thy outward graces had been placed About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If half thy outward graces had been placed About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this for a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57211]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this for a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!  Still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19624]]></link><description><![CDATA[How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!  Still to ourselves in every place consigned,   Our own felicity we make or find.    With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,     Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65237]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65237</guid></item></channel></rss>