<?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 opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In violence, we forget who we are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60663]]></link><description><![CDATA[In violence, we forget who we are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. [Lat., Invidus alterius marescit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. [Lat., Invidus alterius marescit rebus opimis;  Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni   Majus tormentus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54896]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6002]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we had better go into the minute secrets of the campaign, so far as I know them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we had better go into the minute secrets of the campaign, so far as I know them, because I see the reporters are present, who are taking it all down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can die but once. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can die but once. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollution is the forerunner of perdition ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pollution is the forerunner of perdition]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5389]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55082]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even one year is still excessive. In most employment contracts, trial periods are from one to six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even one year is still excessive. In most employment contracts, trial periods are from one to six months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All new construction in Cedar City is in danger of being stopped in prairie dog habitat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All new construction in Cedar City is in danger of being stopped in prairie dog habitat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I talk of cheese, you of chalk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48959]]></link><description><![CDATA[I talk of cheese, you of chalk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news is just a step closer to really making this marathon shine as an international event.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got some shots on goal, not a lot of quality chances. It's one of those games where the team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got some shots on goal, not a lot of quality chances. It's one of those games where the team hangs in there. Their goaltender gives them a chance to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58475]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rich man's joke is always funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20097]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rich man's joke is always funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle Spring!--in sunshine clad, Well dost thou thy power display!  For Winter maketh the light heart said,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle Spring!--in sunshine clad, Well dost thou thy power display!  For Winter maketh the light heart said,   And thou,--makest the sad heart gay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like his that lights a candle to the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like his that lights a candle to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53131]]></link><description><![CDATA[This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason for striking a juror that, "I have a P rule, I never accept anyone whose occupation begins with a P. He is a pipeline operator." This is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two things -- first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43580]]></link><description><![CDATA[After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two things -- first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two bathrooms . . . both for her. The rest is a mystery, but a mystery I love to be involved in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26865]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camp was stormed about 4 a.m. this morning. They were repelled by Bangladeshi soldiers ... I know there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41542]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camp was stormed about 4 a.m. this morning. They were repelled by Bangladeshi soldiers ... I know there are four from among the attackers (who were killed).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big advantage to be first on the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41113]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big advantage to be first on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can I get a raise if I balance the ball on my head on the Letterman Show? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can I get a raise if I balance the ball on my head on the Letterman Show?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cotton is King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cotton is King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43346]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28640]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the time. .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28640</guid></item></channel></rss>