<?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[Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not about how long we live but about how fulfilled we can get in the short time we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not about how long we live but about how fulfilled we can get in the short time we have to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's small choice in rotten apples. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's small choice in rotten apples. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25963]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an increase, but it's not a huge increase. It's still in line with other (area) marinas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31710]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an increase, but it's not a huge increase. It's still in line with other (area) marinas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the hornet hangs in the holly hock, And the brown bee drones i' the rose,  And the west ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the hornet hangs in the holly hock, And the brown bee drones i' the rose,  And the west is a red-streaked four-o'clock,   And summer is near its close--    It's--Oh, for the gate, and the locust lane;     And dusk, and dew, and home again!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55212]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern attempts to get away from the sheer historical facts of the Resurrection are, at best, based on a total ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern attempts to get away from the sheer historical facts of the Resurrection are, at best, based on a total misunderstanding. The whole Bible proclaims the need for, and the achievement of, a salvation that will remake creation, and it is just such a salvation, at once supernatural and historical, that was won on Easter Day. If the Resurrection narratives are [merely] a subtle way of convincing us that God still loves us, or that there is a life beyond death, they must be reckoned among the oddest and most ill-conceived stories ever written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have to minimize the use of home equity for short term financial needs. Get your budget in order. Home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35349]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have to minimize the use of home equity for short term financial needs. Get your budget in order. Home equity lines of credit are for long-term financial needs. They were not meant to buy cars and trips and fuel overspending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I was lucky but other Americans are not. It is time to speak again and stand again for the ideal that in the richest nation ever on this planet, it is wrong for 41 million Americans, most of them in working families, to worry at night and wake up in the morning without the basic protection of health insurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, andearning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21844]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, andearning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult to those who have the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is a Buddhist gift.Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/215]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is a Buddhist gift.Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33124]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hold back your feelings because you are afraid of getting hurt, you end up hurting anyway ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hold back your feelings because you are afraid of getting hurt, you end up hurting anyway]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47236]]></link><description><![CDATA[People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn't do anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is one short letter of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is one short letter of danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31246]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, came to the shelter and offered me a way out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque fomes omnium malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable TV,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20022]]></link><description><![CDATA[show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47228]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the Axis -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business. - The American Character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  What will move you? Will pity? Here is distress never the like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  What will move you? Will pity? Here is distress never the like. Will duty? Here is a person never the like. Will fear? Here is wrath never the like. Will remorse? Here are sins never the like. Will kindness? Here is love never the like. Will bounty? Here are benefits never the like. Will all these? Here they be all, all in the highest degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44284]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse. [Fr., Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse. [Fr., Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans un pire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14295</guid></item></channel></rss>