<?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[Ay, here her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high,  And many an eye has danced to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, here her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high,  And many an eye has danced to see   That banner in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27787]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45006</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 trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all the bold talk, it's a slap on the wrist that can be paid with just 7.5 seconds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38979]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all the bold talk, it's a slap on the wrist that can be paid with just 7.5 seconds of Super Bowl ad time, ... This decision sets a puzzling precedent by failing to hold all licensees responsible for the material broadcast over their stations. Why announce such a thorough investigation, if we just let some of the stations that broadcast this material completely off the hook?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good wildlife management practices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot imagine a much greater misfortune for a man (not to say a clergyman) than not to know, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8214]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot imagine a much greater misfortune for a man (not to say a clergyman) than not to know, or knowing, not to minister to, any of the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18257]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.   - William Hazlitt,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm signing up kids right now. Some of these kids think they can play without coming to practice. I'm not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm signing up kids right now. Some of these kids think they can play without coming to practice. I'm not going to take the liability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of badtraining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of badtraining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a passion for teaching and for children, a creative mind and limitless energy. When you put that together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31131]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a passion for teaching and for children, a creative mind and limitless energy. When you put that together, you have something special.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a buff jerkin in a most sweet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51295]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44758]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22488]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37148]]></link><description><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ... why would you want to keep the job? You can't make a living at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is contagious, pass it on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is contagious, pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, because the larger companies tend to have a lot of automation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their children's children's children and their children's children's children's children...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad to see a teammate go down and a good friend like that. It's unfortunate, but I'm just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad to see a teammate go down and a good friend like that. It's unfortunate, but I'm just going to do the things I've been doing, that's working hard and working on preparation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49540]]></link><description><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31663]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16717]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area where they will have to agree to disagree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31298]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those quick shots we made right out of the locker room were really big for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14439</guid></item></channel></rss>