<?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[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30051]]></link><description><![CDATA[This medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication. There were teams that came before us that were never able to break through, and we've always been inspired by them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13580]]></link><description><![CDATA[An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10428]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50914]]></link><description><![CDATA[We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. -King ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55877]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941]]></link><description><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14241]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written about Washington after his death by another of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson: His mind was great and powerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written about Washington after his death by another of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson: His mind was great and powerful ... as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.... Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw doubt, but, when once decided, going through his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known.... He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man ... On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect ... it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great....]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41069]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The convenience group is declining rapidly. In 1998 that group made up 16.8% of our sample. The 3% that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The convenience group is declining rapidly. In 1998 that group made up 16.8% of our sample. The 3% that was lost by 2003 was about evenly split among the other four groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all, tomorrow is another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59460]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all, tomorrow is another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is great by deeds, not by birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is great by deeds, not by birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I plan on being a sponge all year and see how quickly we can adapt. I can't imagine doing this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I plan on being a sponge all year and see how quickly we can adapt. I can't imagine doing this from Nazareth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outreach and recruitment is something we're beginning to work on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outreach and recruitment is something we're beginning to work on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum  Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum  Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The AethiopThe purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dirt contracted through the neglect of his former masters. On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or complexion. What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be very proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5638]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That blessed word Mesopotamia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62030]]></link><description><![CDATA[That blessed word Mesopotamia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51660]]></link><description><![CDATA[By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2423]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain you at dawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe May 26 would be a great opportunity for promoting Georgia as the cradle of wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe May 26 would be a great opportunity for promoting Georgia as the cradle of wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36190]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The assassination changed the way we thought, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The assassination changed the way we thought,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29729]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; whose strength   I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not    You'll give me leave to spare when you shall find     You need it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8722</guid></item></channel></rss>