<?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[When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62748]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 a minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In man's most dark extremity Oft succor dawns from Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19169]]></link><description><![CDATA[In man's most dark extremity Oft succor dawns from Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come like shadows, so depart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come like shadows, so depart!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles   If we do not at least try to manifest something of Creative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles   If we do not at least try to manifest something of Creative Charity in our dealings with life, whether by action, thought, or prayer, and do it at our own cost -- if we roll up the talent of love in the nice white napkin of piety and put it safely out of the way, sorry that the world is so hungry and thirsty, so sick and so fettered, and leave it at that: then, even that little talent may be taken from us. We may discover at the crucial moment that we are spiritually bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24244]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst. [The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst. [The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell,   As eager to anticipate their grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9979]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Nikkei to go up further, gains need to become more broad-based. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36557]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Nikkei to go up further, gains need to become more broad-based.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44000]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat, And none could be unhappy but the Great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42814]]></link><description><![CDATA[As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat, And none could be unhappy but the Great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57282]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to believe in yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64113]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to believe in yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird would sing   Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn,    Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn;--     Shaking his languid locks all dewy bright      With tangled gossamer that fell by night,       Pearling his coronet of golden corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the gravest weakness in American thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9749]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the gravest weakness in American thinking about education]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40259]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They gave me their name, which was fake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30498]]></link><description><![CDATA[They gave me their name, which was fake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(The boys) were really flaky. We had some boys who performed worse than they have all year long. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36504]]></link><description><![CDATA[(The boys) were really flaky. We had some boys who performed worse than they have all year long. This is a home meet, and you're supposed to have some sort of pride at a home meet. You are supposed to stand tall, and we were not standing tall today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12251]]></link><description><![CDATA[During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. The Tour isn't just a bike race, it tests you mentally, physically, and even morally. -Lance Armstrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am never merry when I hear sweet music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am never merry when I hear sweet music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugs are part of everybody life for me. I’ll hug all sorts of people- I don’t worry about it looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hugs are part of everybody life for me. I’ll hug all sorts of people- I don’t worry about it looking unmanly or whatever. I think physical human contact is one of the things that makes living worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If youth knew; if age could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62531]]></link><description><![CDATA[If youth knew; if age could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can hate. It costs to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can hate. It costs to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20200]]></link><description><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman and a glasse are ever in danger. [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49089]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman and a glasse are ever in danger. [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28456]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28456</guid></item></channel></rss>