<?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[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement. The farthest God, in his popular image, ever strays from sobriety is a beneficent smile. Satan sniggers with fiendish scorn at God, who sits in his ivory tower emitting nary a chuckle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people that make balloon animals, I always think of their relatives and how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27490]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people that make balloon animals, I always think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm kind of disappointed. I've had (5,000 points) taped up on my mirror for a couple of weeks. I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm kind of disappointed. I've had (5,000 points) taped up on my mirror for a couple of weeks. I would have had it, but I had a really bad long jump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are no better than you should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are no better than you should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three can keep a secret, if two are dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three can keep a secret, if two are dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has their ups and downs, I decided to have mine between good and great! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has their ups and downs, I decided to have mine between good and great!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/733]]></link><description><![CDATA[By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to play every play, and we didn't do that today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55799]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61429]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were witnesses. We know who did this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were witnesses. We know who did this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is thrust upon us, and we must take it whether we will or not. Happiest is he who takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is thrust upon us, and we must take it whether we will or not. Happiest is he who takes it most completely and most joyfully, but also most seriously and with the deepest sense of its dangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is immortal; error is mortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is immortal; error is mortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the seventeenth, poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the seventeenth, poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty has a lot to do with character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty has a lot to do with character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree  Of Prohibition, root ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16635]]></link><description><![CDATA[So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree  Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better than a single-family residence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34993]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55586]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty. Not only has liberty nothing to do with any other sort of equality, but it is even bound to produce inequality in many respects. This is the necessary result and part of the justification of individual liberty: if the result of individual liberty did not demonstrate that some manners of living are more successful than others, much of the case for it would vanish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38662]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to bombard the audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66510]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65573]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35783]]></link><description><![CDATA[People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48418]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142</guid></item></channel></rss>