<?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[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2808]]></link><description><![CDATA[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie a blunder free us.   And foolish notion;    What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,     And ev'n devotion!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife,  And spades, the emblems of untimely graves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5237]]></link><description><![CDATA[With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife,  And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me at once a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me at once a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is tragedy - plus time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is tragedy - plus time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church-going bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church-going bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water pressure is very high on these earth dikes and there are more in danger of collapse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water pressure is very high on these earth dikes and there are more in danger of collapse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64750]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't become political, ... I was born political. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31822]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't become political, ... I was born political.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39516]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goeth farre hath many encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49343]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goeth farre hath many encounters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the red of it, There's not a thread of it,  No, not a shred of it,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the red of it, There's not a thread of it,  No, not a shred of it,   In all the spread of it,    From foot to head,     Not heroes bled for it,      Faced steel and lead for it,       Precious blood shed for it,        Bathing in red.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's never committed any acts in the United States. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's never committed any acts in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61751]]></link><description><![CDATA[For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing. [Lat., Nil cupientium  Nudus castra peti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing. [Lat., Nil cupientium  Nudus castra peti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62119]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,   Over the heads of the people you meet.    Dancing,     Flirting,      Skimming along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who remove stones, bruise their fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9475]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no true orator who is not a hero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45232]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no true orator who is not a hero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They give them to someone who has done something inspirational and beyond the call of duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34805]]></link><description><![CDATA[They give them to someone who has done something inspirational and beyond the call of duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[They have] bright management, they are cost conscious, they're lowering the costs all the time. They want to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28650]]></link><description><![CDATA[[They have] bright management, they are cost conscious, they're lowering the costs all the time. They want to be able to survive in between cycles. They're in what would be a very significant well, could be a billion barrel prospect within the next couple of months. My feeling is that the company will do much better as Wall Street gets to know it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52593]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra quel fiume,  Nel lungo suo cammino,   Se al fonte ancor vicino    E torbido cosi?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh as much as you breathe, Love as much as you live ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh as much as you breathe, Love as much as you live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kind of kept the momentum going from last week and just took that into here, at a place where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kind of kept the momentum going from last week and just took that into here, at a place where I enjoy playing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when you look at a beautiful 19-year-old girl and you find yourself thinking, "Gee, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13680]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when you look at a beautiful 19-year-old girl and you find yourself thinking, "Gee, I wonder what her mother looks like]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores  This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23999]]></link><description><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores  This gain of our best glory shall be sent,   T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?    What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident     May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't play what's there, play what's not there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't play what's there, play what's not there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that. I'll be happy to take the blame. I'm along for the ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53659]]></link><description><![CDATA[It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37237]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - Franklin J. Dickman,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29851]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57567</guid></item></channel></rss>