<?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[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64716]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61249]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. Washington is the mightiest name on earth--long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name an eulogy is expected. It can not be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Duke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55752]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Duke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malice drinks one half of its own poison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Malice drinks one half of its own poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a crab to walk straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29573]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nuts, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nuts,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that happens is a jolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that happens is a jolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51951]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better thanyou could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this country through these very dangerous areas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miami was coming off of a tough loss and I thought if we got that doubles point we would have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miami was coming off of a tough loss and I thought if we got that doubles point we would have a lot of momentum. We couldn't capitalize on that momentum and that's unusual for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130</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 can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to hope, though hope were lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to hope, though hope were lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider myself more exportant than important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55054]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider myself more exportant than important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, “I want to see the manager.” ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65747]]></link><description><![CDATA[After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, “I want to see the manager.”]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,  Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,  Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,   The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,    Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand,     Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26649]]></link><description><![CDATA[All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond  Higher design than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13928]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond  Higher design than to enjoy his state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflicting legal opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28223]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflicting legal opinion that may damage the interest of the client.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal is to unify AOL Time Warner, to sharpen its focus, capture synergies for growth and strengthen the integration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal is to unify AOL Time Warner, to sharpen its focus, capture synergies for growth and strengthen the integration of the company. We are not cutting into muscle, and these are not across-the-board cuts. It's only where appropriate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54731]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12732]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did lie; With our poor flesh and our poor blood Was clothed that everlasting good The Lord Christ Jesu, God's son dear, Was a guest and a stranger here; Us for to bring from misery, That we might live eternally. All this did he for us freely, For to declare his great mercy; All Christendom be merry therefore, And give him thanks for evermore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21288]]></link><description><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with infants' skulls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with infants' skulls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19120</guid></item></channel></rss>