<?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 Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last put the other to flight. The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the conqueror, flying up to a high wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly with all his might. An Eagle sailing through the air pounced upon him and carried him off in his talons. The vanquished Cock immediately came out of his corner, and ruled henceforth with undisputed mastery. Pride goes before destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are the real architects of society. -Harriet Beecher Stowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are the real architects of society. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14237]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37096]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might leaf through it. He's not going to sit down and read it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good news is we got a taste of playoff intensity for Friday's game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good news is we got a taste of playoff intensity for Friday's game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked-up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby one more time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baby one more time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Unique Selling Position was to make the world work for 100% ofhumanity.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22063]]></link><description><![CDATA[His Unique Selling Position was to make the world work for 100% ofhumanity..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18850]]></link><description><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20127]]></link><description><![CDATA[My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The WB and ABC are taking some of their more familiar shows and moving them to Thursday just points out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30408]]></link><description><![CDATA[The WB and ABC are taking some of their more familiar shows and moving them to Thursday just points out its going to be an exceedingly competitive time period, ... and points out the popularity of Thursday night as a source of advertising revenues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue  Of him that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23243]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue  Of him that makes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49000]]></link><description><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed. I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed. I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and I should have stopped more pucks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15306]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12342]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825]]></link><description><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15038]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40823]]></link><description><![CDATA[That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be a mother of four, a welder or a distinguished business person. These people build up a tolerance and manage to still maintain their daily lifestyles while constantly struggling with this disease, because it is a recognized disease by the American Medical Association.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39025]]></link><description><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can tell you a recipe, but in practice, it might be different. Every woman in Bosnia, she will make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29161]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can tell you a recipe, but in practice, it might be different. Every woman in Bosnia, she will make it different than the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us into a fatal slumber while it sucks the lifeblood of our veins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the `90's, it always happens around the October, November months near the end of September, ... To not have a false sense of security because just because we've been slow, doesn't mean we're out of the woods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10236]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind in never weary;  The vine still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind in never weary;  The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,   But at every gust the dead leaves fall,    And the day is dark and dreary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the same as like except you feel sexier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761]]></link><description><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle school, but they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39063]]></link><description><![CDATA[But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle school, but they get to high school and they think they know everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says:  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16103]]></link><description><![CDATA[And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says:  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet   Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like, that man's playing his heart out, and we have to do the same thing. Younger guys see that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like, that man's playing his heart out, and we have to do the same thing. Younger guys see that and understand how they have to play the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6345]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the meaning of life and death, the mastery of self, the quest for value and worth-whileness and freedom within, the transcending of loneliness, the longing for love and a sense of significance, and for peace. Society's problems are deep, but the individual's problems go deeper; Solzhenitsyn, Dostoyevsky, or Shakespeare will show us that, if we hesitate to take it from the Bible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. Finally, writing transforms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46056]]></link><description><![CDATA[To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. Finally, writing transforms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20773</guid></item></channel></rss>