<?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[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38771]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to agree with it. But what Senator Frist has had to say is weighty, and I think may bring us all together on this issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than 10 points and suffered nine league losses by five (points) or less. We could never get over the hump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You bring the personality with you wherever you go. So in the past we were at York Cinema and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36398]]></link><description><![CDATA[You bring the personality with you wherever you go. So in the past we were at York Cinema and we loved to be there and it did have a great old personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a coarse texture and a rich, beefy taste only matched by hanger steak, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30735]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a coarse texture and a rich, beefy taste only matched by hanger steak,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14402]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55135]]></link><description><![CDATA[When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will temporarily depress some economic activity, in much the same way a snowstorm could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will temporarily depress some economic activity, in much the same way a snowstorm could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13843]]></link><description><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's virtue is man's greatest invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1062]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   After Calvary, God has the right to be trusted; to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   After Calvary, God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between style and fashion is quality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between style and fashion is quality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart   Will we discern the wounds within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal makes sense for both companies. Bank of New York has been expanding in the custodial business and doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36833]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal makes sense for both companies. Bank of New York has been expanding in the custodial business and doing a fine job. This shift out of distribution is an ideal fit for J.P. Morgan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61773]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14179]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I think about Zeal, he was the most honest and fair man I had ever known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31857]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I think about Zeal, he was the most honest and fair man I had ever known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, but it is far off from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare. People are telling us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare. People are telling us they can't afford to get the care they need, because Medicare supplemental policies are too expensive, medications are too expensive, and they are having trouble with special needs if they are in HMOs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62987]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad that they made the right choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad that they made the right choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls;  No gold rewards, but song ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls;  No gold rewards, but song alone,   The deeds of great and noble souls.    [Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann,     Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang;      Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann       Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34651]]></link><description><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found this fact to be very profitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20241]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34017]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 2 rules of Judo training: 1) the teacher is always right and 2) when you think the teacher is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 2 rules of Judo training: 1) the teacher is always right and 2) when you think the teacher is wrong, refer to rule one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the ides of March. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the ides of March.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9778]]></link><description><![CDATA[O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy - all that, and ten years of perseverance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf, like measles, should be caught young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf, like measles, should be caught young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17808</guid></item></channel></rss>