<?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[Our birds are hand-fed by ourselves. Birds don't like to be handled, but hand-feeding is our forte, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birds are hand-fed by ourselves. Birds don't like to be handled, but hand-feeding is our forte,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're scared, buy a big dog and tie it around your waist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34635]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're scared, buy a big dog and tie it around your waist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first necessity of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first necessity of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes remember'd are not faults forgot.   - Robert H. Newell (used pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes remember'd are not faults forgot.   - Robert H. Newell (used pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844]]></link><description><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, consume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27941]]></link><description><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everybody in town donates one threat, the poor man has a shirt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47678]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everybody in town donates one threat, the poor man has a shirt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35347]]></link><description><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guaranty against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guaranty against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10504]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58218]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is learning what to overlook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is learning what to overlook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of men executed and buried in mass graves, hundreds of men buried alive, men and women mutilated and slaughtered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of men executed and buried in mass graves, hundreds of men buried alive, men and women mutilated and slaughtered, children killed before their mothers' eyes, a grandfather forced to eat the liver of his own grandson. These are truly scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55077]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a long way before this (race) is over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34555]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a long way before this (race) is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil requires the sanction of the victim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil requires the sanction of the victim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make a commencement requires a mental effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51203]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make a commencement requires a mental effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's powerful. 'Whipped Cream' happened 40 years ago. It still resonates with people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36484]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's powerful. 'Whipped Cream' happened 40 years ago. It still resonates with people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex in space is not just a good idea, it\'s survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex in space is not just a good idea, it\'s survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66096]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48844]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24370]]></link><description><![CDATA[And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865   We must be willing to accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865   We must be willing to accept the bitter truth that, in the end, we may have to become a burden to those who love us. But it is necessary that we face this also. The full acceptance of our abjection and uselessness is the virtue that can make us and others rich in the grace of God. It takes heroic charity and humility to let others sustain us when we are absolutely incapable of sustaining ourselves. We cannot suffer well unless we see Christ everywhere, both in suffering and in the charity of those who come to the aid of our affliction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any problem with the penalty handed down. I think its fair. We have to be more diligent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any problem with the penalty handed down. I think its fair. We have to be more diligent in the future so this doesn't happen again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United we stand, divided we fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50692]]></link><description><![CDATA[United we stand, divided we fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48006]]></link><description><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48006</guid></item></channel></rss>