<?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[Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, youwill be around long enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, youwill be around long enough to eat a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder charge. If she happens to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43385]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder charge. If she happens to be a blonde her chances rise about 45 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very much a summer market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30649]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very much a summer market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19967]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dull not device by coldness and delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dull not device by coldness and delay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46409]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sovereignty may be dependent on our ability to eavesdrop on transmissions between our enemies on the outside and those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sovereignty may be dependent on our ability to eavesdrop on transmissions between our enemies on the outside and those on the inside with sympathies for them. I trust my ability to determine who to mark for examination and so will you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league. He's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league. He's a great person to model yourself after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55605]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said there were too many incidents, but there's not enough incidents to make a drastic change in the program ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38133]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said there were too many incidents, but there's not enough incidents to make a drastic change in the program at this point in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23311]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on next to nothing, have taken due precaution against ever perishing from hunger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked out and fell in place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   The Church seems to have lost heart somewhat, has allowed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   The Church seems to have lost heart somewhat, has allowed the old assurance and enthusiasm to cool below the temperature at which big things get done, is always whimpering and complaining about something, has developed a foolish trick of gathering into corners in discouraged groups and bleating disconsolately that God seems to be strangely little in our day, the very mood that so maddened the Hebrew prophets that they itched to lay violent hands upon their countrymen, and literally shake it out of them. We Church people have become so prone to loud and abusive self-depreciation that the thing amounts to a disease... and though these doleful spirits are not altogether serious, the world is listening, and takes us, not unnaturally, at our own dismal and unflattering valuation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18749]]></link><description><![CDATA[If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50246]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55045]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although no deal is yet final, all interested parties are expected to congregate in Detroit next Wednesday to iron out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although no deal is yet final, all interested parties are expected to congregate in Detroit next Wednesday to iron out the final details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All's fair in love and war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61137]]></link><description><![CDATA[All's fair in love and war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40705]]></link><description><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue  Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56550]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue  Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath   Rides on the posting winds and doth belie    All corners of the world. Kings, queens. and states,     Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave      This viperous slander enters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never repent of having eaten too little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65357]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never repent of having eaten too little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14452]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fruit of silence is tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fruit of silence is tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that we get twice a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996]]></link><description><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Thomas] Carlyle believed that every man has a special duty to do in this world. If he had been asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7998]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Thomas] Carlyle believed that every man has a special duty to do in this world. If he had been asked what especially he conceived his own duty to be, he would have said that it was to force men to realize once more that the world was actually governed by a just God; that the old familiar story, acknowledged everywhere in words on Sundays and disregarded or openly denied on week-days, was, after all, true. His writings, every one of them, ... were to this same purpose and on this same text -- that truth must be spoken and justice must be done; on any other conditions, no real commonwealth, no common welfare, is permitted or possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be blinde, then to see ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be blinde, then to see ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one way the cops could make money would be to hold a murder weapons sale. Many people could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11706]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one way the cops could make money would be to hold a murder weapons sale. Many people could really use used ice picks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11706</guid></item></channel></rss>