<?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[Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29522]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was best for me. I came here, my grades improved, everything just turned around completely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this.  A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39606]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them up late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44929]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16570]]></link><description><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shall not pass till the stars be darkened: Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;  Never a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61130]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shall not pass till the stars be darkened: Two swords crossed in front of the Hun;  Never a groan but God has harkened,   Counting their cruelties one by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler... I'm Doctor Spin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53348]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely small percentage, although the impact - when a teacher engages in this - on the student, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30502]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely small percentage, although the impact - when a teacher engages in this - on the student, the parents and the community is widespread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65524]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37911]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one soon or late comes round by Rome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, come away; Why dost thou stay? Thy road is ready and thy paths made straight With longing expectations wait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, come away; Why dost thou stay? Thy road is ready and thy paths made straight With longing expectations wait The consecration of thy beautious feet. Ride on triumphantly; behold! we lay Our lusts and proud wills in thy way. Hosannah! welcome to our hearts: Lord, here Thou hast a temple too, and full as dear  As that of Sion; and as full of sin -- Nothing but thieves and robbers dwell therein; Enter and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor,  Crucify them, that they may never more Profane that holy place Where thou hast chose to set thy face. And then if our still tongues shall be  Mute in the praises of thy deity, The stones out of the temple wall  Shall cry aloud and call Hosannah! and thy glorious footsteps greet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oliver Twist has asked for more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oliver Twist has asked for more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye,  That welcomes every changing hour,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10996]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye,  That welcomes every changing hour,   And weathers every sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41750]]></link><description><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had some good looks ... and nothing dropped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31284]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had some good looks ... and nothing dropped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  If ever I reach heaven I expect to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third -- the greatest wonder of all -- to find myself there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49634]]></link><description><![CDATA[More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not Zionists but Zinnists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4939]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not Zionists but Zinnists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die.  When the splendour of your story   Builds the halo of its glory,    'Twill belt the earth like Saturn's rings     And diadem the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these indexes reflect the basic obligations of the government in managing society and offering services to the public under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36624]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these indexes reflect the basic obligations of the government in managing society and offering services to the public under the market economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673</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[A bully is a coward turned inside out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bully is a coward turned inside out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always accept good fortune with grace and humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.... That if they will top telling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45593]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.... That if they will top telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have notimparted it to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have notimparted it to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where did you get that pearly ear? God spoke and it came out to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where did you get that pearly ear? God spoke and it came out to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homesickness is. . . absolutely nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homesickness is. . . absolutely nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.  You don't really long for another country. You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I listened hard but could not see. Life tempo change out and inside me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I listened hard but could not see. Life tempo change out and inside me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38961</guid></item></channel></rss>