<?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[Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30590]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell you categorically that is not happening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell you categorically that is not happening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,   When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stop. As bad as we played those last four minutes, we still had a shot to win it with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30264]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stop. As bad as we played those last four minutes, we still had a shot to win it with one stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50577]]></link><description><![CDATA[No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid,  With hoary moss, and gathered flowers,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid,  With hoary moss, and gathered flowers,   To deck the ground where thou art laid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,   With a quicker count will go.    Think,--the shadow on the dial     For the nature most undone,      Marks the passing of the trial,       Proves the presence of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are like each other they tend to like each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21400]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are like each other they tend to like each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57705]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to His mind and will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is taxation without legislation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is taxation without legislation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am headed to the World Amateur Championships in Myrtle Beach, ... I will be leaving next Sunday and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am headed to the World Amateur Championships in Myrtle Beach, ... I will be leaving next Sunday and the tournament goes from late August to early September.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62028]]></link><description><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of guilt. [Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of guilt. [Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true, it's our responsibility because we are the only ones here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true, it's our responsibility because we are the only ones here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think countries in the region are ruled by constitutions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think countries in the region are ruled by constitutions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose? Is pain to themLess pain, less to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25303]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose? Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure? Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive. - Paradise Lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you   Sleeping nigh the Golden Gate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go out and play fundamental basketball we have a chance to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane, you ignorant slut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane, you ignorant slut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5286</guid></item></channel></rss>