<?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[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep my hands from picking and stealing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59127]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep my hands from picking and stealing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we know the three S's still happen: shoot, shovel and shut up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29170]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we know the three S's still happen: shoot, shovel and shut up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the foundation of most governments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the foundation of most governments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21197]]></link><description><![CDATA[They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightsticklike a posthole digger.(in reference to the death by ruptured kidneyand other factors after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightsticklike a posthole digger.(in reference to the death by ruptured kidneyand other factors after the clubbing of Nathaniel Jonesby 2 Cincinnati policemen).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He touches nothing but he adds a charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48964]]></link><description><![CDATA[He touches nothing but he adds a charm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean that accountability and democracy will advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932]]></link><description><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the same, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11552]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12697]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47402]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel like we had something to play for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39140]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel like we had something to play for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass which screen it from the view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a learning curve for all these young men. One has to hope that they learn quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37916]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a learning curve for all these young men. One has to hope that they learn quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29838]]></link><description><![CDATA[His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides when he drained the southern marshes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor needs to stay on message, and that is getting people out of New Orleans, provide stability for them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor needs to stay on message, and that is getting people out of New Orleans, provide stability for them and rebuild. The governor must look like the leader at all times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9670]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3421]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53523]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The angel of spring, the mellow-throated nightingale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The angel of spring, the mellow-throated nightingale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who lives only by hope will die with despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26047]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63222]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications. It (the U.K. ruling) is a nice psychological boost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications. It (the U.K. ruling) is a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50335</guid></item></channel></rss>