<?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[Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood. [Lat., Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54926]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood. [Lat., Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2011]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair words butter no parsnips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair words butter no parsnips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25344]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10473]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60643]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just couldn't get everyone doing their normal thing. And our shots weren't falling either. With a solid team like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33374]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just couldn't get everyone doing their normal thing. And our shots weren't falling either. With a solid team like that, you can't afford to be off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20177]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25592]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowher so besy a man as he ther was, And yet he semed bisier than he was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowher so besy a man as he ther was, And yet he semed bisier than he was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27233]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15261]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can neither move nor think. This is the hog-tie, and it is what Euclid did to geometry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28819]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56253]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards looks.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend, judge not me, Thou seest I judge not thee;  Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23529]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend, judge not me, Thou seest I judge not thee;  Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,   Mercy I askt, mercy I found.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33930]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling chemicals.] My hands are a mess, ... I've had problems with my hands cracking and not being studious enough to use lotion every night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't touched my brother in almost 18 years.(in reference to cruel prison regulations in Mansfield Ohioprison)http://www.kennyisinnocent.org http://www.petitiononline.com/manci. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't touched my brother in almost 18 years.(in reference to cruel prison regulations in Mansfield Ohioprison)http://www.kennyisinnocent.org http://www.petitiononline.com/manci.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess it's just one of those things. I think we've played some really good games against the Eastern teams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28816]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess it's just one of those things. I think we've played some really good games against the Eastern teams because we respect them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28816</guid></item></channel></rss>