<?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[I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned that music is a very powerful force, not to be trivialized or watered down or maufactured into soul-less, mindless drivel. Selling out to the corporate butcher would secure me a nice little place in hell, I knew. So I determined early on to make it on my own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45259]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. . . . A number of people can write novels based on the same idea and still have freedom of expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10930]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle    Their clearer reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:that a writer never complains, never explains and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an illegitimate constitution presented to the people by an untrustworthy government, ... Our only hope is that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28333]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an illegitimate constitution presented to the people by an untrustworthy government, ... Our only hope is that we are able to defeat the constitution and start again with a government that truly represents the Iraqi people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome the atrocities of pain and terrorism,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman is not in your books. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman is not in your books. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5368]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant dripping hollows out a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant dripping hollows out a stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48006]]></link><description><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very difficult to fail at pornography ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very difficult to fail at pornography]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36029]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64514]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find thegenuine tinsel underneath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21209]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find thegenuine tinsel underneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28684]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle. They look the same you dumb shit, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29448]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle. They look the same you dumb shit,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30323]]></link><description><![CDATA[I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. 'Get out' and 'I never want to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. 'Get out' and 'I never want to see you again' might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, 'I love you.... I want to marry you.... I want to have your children.' Sometimes they leave skid marks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2705]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness induces caprice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness induces caprice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54404]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus iners angusto tempore vertit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every kid got a gift, and moms got gifts to wrap and put under the tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every kid got a gift, and moms got gifts to wrap and put under the tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33342</guid></item></channel></rss>