<?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[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could knowhow seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could knowhow seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59473]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095]]></link><description><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your grandeur! Ah, how transitory   Are human flowers!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35170</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[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133]]></link><description><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy; Such as a happy bird will sing,  Beneath a Rainbow's lovely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy; Such as a happy bird will sing,  Beneath a Rainbow's lovely arch,   In early spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9479]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than "politicians" think. We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events manifesting this force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or against them. Ideas do not rule the world. But it is because the world has ideas... that it is not passively ruled by those who are its leaders or those who would like to teach it, once and for all, what it must think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good thing he's not still in office. You almost feel sorry for the guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good thing he's not still in office. You almost feel sorry for the guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30523]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some mismatch situations, throwing some crossing routes underneath, trying to isolate him on linebackers and situations like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31979]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not loved the world, not the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not loved the world, not the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd  To its idolatries a patient knee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40350]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the state and local distribution plans that will define victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the state and local distribution plans that will define victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50089]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23974]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been introducing them to adults for 30 years. It's not that it's not for kids, but the idea that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been introducing them to adults for 30 years. It's not that it's not for kids, but the idea that they're only for kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really a tragic situation from our perspective. Something we are very concerned about in terms of the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really a tragic situation from our perspective. Something we are very concerned about in terms of the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49278]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would certainly love to welcome her back somewhere down the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would certainly love to welcome her back somewhere down the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a gratefull man give mony when he askes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49996]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2643]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24475]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the end and at all costs. Charles deGaulle -Harold J. Seymour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53047]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, and what was thought ought to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond Ellis County. Unlike my opponent who only had two years of experience when he was first elected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60696]]></link><description><![CDATA[All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9963]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,   And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want, the mistress of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want, the mistress of invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23003</guid></item></channel></rss>