<?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[Pressed into service means pressed out of shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my country we go to prison first and then become President. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66439]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my country we go to prison first and then become President.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60674]]></link><description><![CDATA[They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit us when our wealth is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit us when our wealth is gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481]]></link><description><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. [Lat., Nam quamblibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt, quod negatum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36864]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win the Battle of Midway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really did. We did what we had to do to win and move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38282]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really did. We did what we had to do to win and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A number of individuals were injured. One Metropolitan Campus student received a gunshot wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42398]]></link><description><![CDATA[A number of individuals were injured. One Metropolitan Campus student received a gunshot wound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40453]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ready to move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16470</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[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still,  Which he may adhere to, yet disown, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61589]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still,  Which he may adhere to, yet disown,   For reasons to himself best known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Rising home values] are making people feel they don't need to save. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40340]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Rising home values] are making people feel they don't need to save.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25217]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64593]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the same as you, we can sing, we can speak different languages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept and dreamed that life was beauty.I awoke -- and found that life was duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept and dreamed that life was beauty.I awoke -- and found that life was duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all talented. They're all special, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all talented. They're all special,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me show you, the rhyme..Excuse me - but, Lady Liberty needs glassesand so does Mrs. Justice by her sideBoth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me show you, the rhyme..Excuse me - but, Lady Liberty needs glassesand so does Mrs. Justice by her sideBoth the broads are blind as bats, stumblin through - the systemJustice bumped into M'Tulu, trippin on Geronimo Prattbut stepped right over Oliver and his crooked partner RonnieJustice stubbed her big toe on MandelaAnd Liberty was misquoted by the IndiansSlavery was just a learning phase, forgotten without a verdictwhile Justice is on a rampagefor endangered survivin black malesI mean really; if anyone REALLY valued lifeand cared about the massesThey'd take 'em both to Pen Opticaland get TWO pairs of glassesExcuse me - but, Lady Liberty needs glassesI'm kickin asses up and down New York CityIt's a pityBrothers wanna be grimy and gritty to each otherWhat would your mother think, smotherin your brother?I see you sink, into another levelDancin with the devilTurn up the bass, cause I'm player; also a rhyme sayerKind of fly, layer after layerWhy.. cause I'm blessedCause I've progressedI've learned my lessonsClass has always been in session, so you better take notesAnd stop chokin on negativity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have called for the boycott of the parliamentary elections because Lebanon is under Syrian control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have called for the boycott of the parliamentary elections because Lebanon is under Syrian control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's like a third defenseman back there for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's like a third defenseman back there for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been cheering these dudes on for about 80 games now. Time for them to sit down and relax and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28780]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been cheering these dudes on for about 80 games now. Time for them to sit down and relax and watch us play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8674]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I doubted of this saw, till on a day   I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's the humour of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20065]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's the humour of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't return a favor, pass it on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22007]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't return a favor, pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will continue martyrdom operations throughout Palestine until the occupation leaves. The barriers of shame and disgrace set up by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will continue martyrdom operations throughout Palestine until the occupation leaves. The barriers of shame and disgrace set up by the Zionists shall face more blows,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling someone the truth is a loving act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling someone the truth is a loving act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538</guid></item></channel></rss>