<?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[Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56627]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16774]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24341]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11861]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's high-energy, a 60-minute guy. He calls for the ball, he wants the ball every single snap. He's always looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30525]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's high-energy, a 60-minute guy. He calls for the ball, he wants the ball every single snap. He's always looking to make a big play, make something happen with the ball. He wants to get in the end zone; that's his goal every time he steps on the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27933]]></link><description><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. - The Italians, 1964.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spent a year in that town, one Sunday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In September 2004, I had 2,000 tons of inventory; by the first week of September 2005 there was no inventory. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42111]]></link><description><![CDATA[In September 2004, I had 2,000 tons of inventory; by the first week of September 2005 there was no inventory. We were wiped out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[what power had I before I learned to yield? Shatter me Great Wind! I shall possess the field!from the poem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58380]]></link><description><![CDATA[what power had I before I learned to yield? Shatter me Great Wind! I shall possess the field!from the poem To A Milkweed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62837]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard time getting anything off the endangered species list. We do think it's time for a creative approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not the letter R in their name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not the letter R in their name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel the coast is getting something rammed down the throat by the rest of the state and in particular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel the coast is getting something rammed down the throat by the rest of the state and in particular by Haley Barbour who used to be a lobbyist for the petroleum industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, My morning incense. and my evening meal,  The sweets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, My morning incense. and my evening meal,  The sweets of Hasty-Pudding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941]]></link><description><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying her needle and thread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2149]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a language spoken by everyone but understood only by heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a language spoken by everyone but understood only by heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59223]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39317]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, the same ritual as in the wild.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel I deserve a raise just because the price of gasoline is going up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel I deserve a raise just because the price of gasoline is going up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397  People naturally do not shout it out, least of all into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397  People naturally do not shout it out, least of all into the ears of us ministers; but let us not be deceived by their silence. Blood and tears, deepest despair and highest hope, a passionate longing to lay hold of ... Him who overcomes the world because He is its Creator and Redeemer, its beginning and ending and lord -- a passionate longing to have the word spoken, the word which promises grace in judgment, life in death, and the beyond in the here and now, God's word -- this it is that animates our church-goers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918</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[When I was young there was a bunch of girls that was really scared and that's why I made these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36363]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young there was a bunch of girls that was really scared and that's why I made these songs and I would love to scare them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1006]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel   To the disposing of the cardinal;    With whom yourself, myself, and other lords,     If you think meet, this afternoon will post      To consummate this business happily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377</guid></item></channel></rss>