<?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 greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a woman an inch and she thinks she's a ruler ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a woman an inch and she thinks she's a ruler]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities of creativity and genius are within you, awaiting your decision to match up with the power of intention. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities of creativity and genius are within you, awaiting your decision to match up with the power of intention. Genius is a characteristic of the creative force that allows all of material creation to come into form. It is an expression of the divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47870]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38585]]></link><description><![CDATA[At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The monarch has become a symbol for cross border co-operation in North America. Let's hope it doesn't become the symbol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The monarch has become a symbol for cross border co-operation in North America. Let's hope it doesn't become the symbol of our common failure to protect the environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who can really benefit from our songs are the girls in middle America and the only way you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who can really benefit from our songs are the girls in middle America and the only way you can really get through to them is TV.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24458]]></link><description><![CDATA[American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65308]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out of that. There are many girls who immediately have a top model career, and there are lots of models who are doing things that aren't as exciting as doing big campaigns and beautiful magazines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to overlook the hand and heart of God in our afflictions, and to consider them as mere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7613]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to overlook the hand and heart of God in our afflictions, and to consider them as mere accidents, and unavoidable evils. This view makes them absolute and positive evils, which admit of no remedy or relief. If we view our troubles and trials aside from the divine design and agency in them, we cannot be comforted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23666]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pink is the color of romance and a friend tells me that the girl with the pink dress at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pink is the color of romance and a friend tells me that the girl with the pink dress at the party is the one who is selected for each dance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad they've been able to pull together after consolidation. It seems like they have good teachers at both middle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad they've been able to pull together after consolidation. It seems like they have good teachers at both middle schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45361]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's no failure. He's not dead yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44241]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's no failure. He's not dead yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we are planning so when it does we are ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5832]]></link><description><![CDATA[While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12627]]></link><description><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   For he was of that stubborn crew    Of errant saints, whom all men grant     To be the true Church Militant;      Such as do build their faith upon       The holy text of pike and gun;        Decide all controversies by         Infallible artillery;          And prove their doctrine orthodox,           By Apostolic blows and knocks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would imagine that most people who read newspapers and look at Web sites are aware of headlines being made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41673]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would imagine that most people who read newspapers and look at Web sites are aware of headlines being made on substantially higher metal costs. If retailer costs go up, eventually the consumer pays for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, butI couldn't give it up because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, butI couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a red herring... There's absolutely no gain for him out of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29664]]></link><description><![CDATA[a red herring... There's absolutely no gain for him out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16944]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is governed by its imagination. [Fr., C'est l'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is governed by its imagination. [Fr., C'est l'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We changed our offense, spread it out. McCarthy stepped up offensively and Rooney played well. We were more consistent on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We changed our offense, spread it out. McCarthy stepped up offensively and Rooney played well. We were more consistent on defense, especially Brian in goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more men threatned then stricken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49946]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more men threatned then stricken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4930]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach  In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was   "We cannot do it, Sir, because--"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will create a substantial plume, excavate a bunch of material, some of which we believe may be water ice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will create a substantial plume, excavate a bunch of material, some of which we believe may be water ice and be able to measure that directly as the plume is created, and a great opportunity to really understand what we have there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4184]]></link><description><![CDATA[When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23307]]></link><description><![CDATA[You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not unman each other; part at once; all farewells should be sudden, when forever ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not unman each other; part at once; all farewells should be sudden, when forever]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15312</guid></item></channel></rss>