<?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 enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;  His hook was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16107]]></link><description><![CDATA[For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;  His hook was such as heads the end of pole   To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;    This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,--     And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24584]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49509]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54564]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The show will lose $16 million this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The show will lose $16 million this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou will scare be a man before thy mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24023]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually you can point the finger at the consumers of intel ... the political and military leaders ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually you can point the finger at the consumers of intel ... the political and military leaders]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54671]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times, it's hard to practice against him because he's relentless for the offense to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32767]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times, it's hard to practice against him because he's relentless for the offense to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got everything I need except a man. And I'm not one of those women who thinks a man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25463]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got everything I need except a man. And I'm not one of those women who thinks a man is the answer to everything, but I'm tired of being alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761]]></link><description><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. We had people trying to do too much, taking shots too quickly. ... Basketball is a game of runs and we've got to work to shorten the opponent's runs from five minutes to two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43356]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We also believe that Muslims must use restraints in reacting to these cartoons and use educational methods to teach fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We also believe that Muslims must use restraints in reacting to these cartoons and use educational methods to teach fellow human beings about Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intense enmity of arrogant powers toward Islam is revealed by their hostile cultural, political and military acts against Muslims. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intense enmity of arrogant powers toward Islam is revealed by their hostile cultural, political and military acts against Muslims. This is also another indisputable reality of the present world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go,   And pointed satire runs him through and through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future.  And the only important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future.  And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49948]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able to handle every adverse situation well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Known by the sobriquet of "The Artful Dodger." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Known by the sobriquet of "The Artful Dodger."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19708]]></link><description><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24854]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44344]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/928]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are examining what alternative documents we could use for people in those border areas to go back and forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37282]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are examining what alternative documents we could use for people in those border areas to go back and forth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52494</guid></item></channel></rss>