<?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[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48992]]></link><description><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   To step aside is human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not if you burst yourself will you equal him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3525]]></link><description><![CDATA[That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't look at this as, 'Oh, here is a new group of Hispanics we have to compete over with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39984]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't look at this as, 'Oh, here is a new group of Hispanics we have to compete over with other faiths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26163]]></link><description><![CDATA[As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The knives are out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The knives are out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51205]]></link><description><![CDATA[To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've tested all of the products ourselves. Hemp is the Ferrari of clothing. It's not itchy like wool and it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36956]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've tested all of the products ourselves. Hemp is the Ferrari of clothing. It's not itchy like wool and it's warmer in winter and cooler in summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[was invited and agreed to administer the oath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39608]]></link><description><![CDATA[was invited and agreed to administer the oath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows. [Ger., Der Sturm ist Meister; Wind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows. [Ger., Der Sturm ist Meister; Wind und Well spielen  Ball mit dem Menschen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the past decade, Afghanistan has been the principal source of international terrorism, religious extremism, international drug trafficking and organized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, Afghanistan has been the principal source of international terrorism, religious extremism, international drug trafficking and organized crime in this region,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives to forever, never fears dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11220]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives to forever, never fears dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men,  Dropped from an Angel's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men,  Dropped from an Angel's wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64152]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49256]]></link><description><![CDATA[France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none,  Than with a tenderness like mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45352]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none,  Than with a tenderness like mine   And sensibilities so fine!    Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell     Forever in my native shell,      Ordained to move when others please,       Not for my own content or ease;        But toss'd and buffeted about,         Now in the water and now out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This ae nighte, this ae nighte Every nighte and all;  Fire and sleete, and candle lighte   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57263]]></link><description><![CDATA[This ae nighte, this ae nighte Every nighte and all;  Fire and sleete, and candle lighte   And Christe receive thye saule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17491]]></link><description><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love something let it go, and if it comes back - that doesn't mean a damn thing; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1475]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love something let it go, and if it comes back - that doesn't mean a damn thing; it can just leave you again later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3412]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. The negotiation involves the G-20 (the group of 21 developing countries), Europe, and the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown before,   To give a Milton birth, asked ages more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58421]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind makes not the victory vain.   Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/639</guid></item></channel></rss>