<?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[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906]]></link><description><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lost pleiad seen no more below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lost pleiad seen no more below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[October's foliage yellows with his cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44901]]></link><description><![CDATA[October's foliage yellows with his cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47435]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for possibly, they say, the name of God may be on it. Though there was a little superstition in this, yet truly there is nothing but good religion in it, if we apply it to men. Trample not on any; there may be some work of grace there, that thou knowest not of. The name of God may be written upon that soul thou treadest on; it may be a soul that Christ thought so much of, as to give His precious blood for it; therefore despise it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/879]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up,   Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. -John ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55241]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. -John Wooden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our new installation projectors are really bright and feature-rich. Anyone who needs high performance, versatility and rich colors in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our new installation projectors are really bright and feature-rich. Anyone who needs high performance, versatility and rich colors in an easy-to-use and easy-to-maintain installation projector will find the XD1000U and XD2000U perfect choices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54127]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've played in many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be on live TV with the prime minister. I want to explain what we think about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be on live TV with the prime minister. I want to explain what we think about the violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12831]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47236]]></link><description><![CDATA[People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn't do anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,    Walk with and warn us!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62311]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow too;  For no form of a god, and no fashion   Man has made in his desperate passion,    But is worthy some worship of mine;     Not too hot with a gross belief,      Nor yet too cold with pride,       I will bow me down where my brothers bow,        Humble, but open eyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the time compression we have in the world, people are interested ... in fitness facilities for casual use and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31109]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the time compression we have in the world, people are interested ... in fitness facilities for casual use and paths in parks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are everywhere and still watching as well ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30134]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are everywhere and still watching as well]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ravishes all senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23311]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22961]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a 'modem', can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64498]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18416]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41291]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks on government institutions and state land to continue, ... No one is above the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be illogical to say, 'Let's have a public meeting and say our offices are closed, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28330]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be illogical to say, 'Let's have a public meeting and say our offices are closed,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57770</guid></item></channel></rss>