<?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[United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame;  Alas! the other that it bears   Reminds us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16126]]></link><description><![CDATA[United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame;  Alas! the other that it bears   Reminds us of your shame.    Your banner's constellation types     White freedom with its stars,      But what's the meaning of the stripes?       They mean your negroes' scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39540]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others concentrate on practical skills such as campaigning and lobbying. That's very valuable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17364]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27918]]></link><description><![CDATA[If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to loveit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21443]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to loveit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1284]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the next step for someone like me who has come from small boats to try to make it into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30000]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the next step for someone like me who has come from small boats to try to make it into the America's Cup. It's the pinnacle of big boat sailing really.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when a dream transcends to desire and intention is conquered by cupidity, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirabilityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â is reduced to depravity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with the humane society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will file a legal complaint against all of those people behind this conference, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39787]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will file a legal complaint against all of those people behind this conference,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old cat will not learn how to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11007]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old cat will not learn how to dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's disconcerting, ... These are supposed to be the crÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¨me de la crÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's disconcerting, ... These are supposed to be the crÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¨me de la crÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¨me of forces. If their procurement officers were taking kickbacks, it could be happening anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Bible," we are told sometimes, "gives us such a beautiful picture of what we should be." Nonsense! It gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7292]]></link><description><![CDATA["The Bible," we are told sometimes, "gives us such a beautiful picture of what we should be." Nonsense! It gives us no picture at all. It reveals to us a fact: it tells us what we really are; it says, This is the form in which God created you, to which He has restored you; this is the work which the Eternal Son, the God of Truth and Love, is continually carrying on within you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30375]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35507]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek restitution for health care costs related to smoking for the last 50 years and for future costs.] We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products, ... That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant, "This same Desset is not so pleasant:  Give me again my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13252]]></link><description><![CDATA["An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant, "This same Desset is not so pleasant:  Give me again my hollow Tree,   A Crust of Bread, and Liberty."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I win or I die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I win or I die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,  And is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,  And is enough for both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59273]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire is what closes Saturday night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is what closes Saturday night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the Nightingale: "Hail, all hail!  Pierce with thy trill the dark,   Like a glittering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the Nightingale: "Hail, all hail!  Pierce with thy trill the dark,   Like a glittering music-spark,    When the earth grows pale and dumb."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was 10th my first year. I finished fifth the next year and third last season, now I'm looking to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was 10th my first year. I finished fifth the next year and third last season, now I'm looking to win it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49022]]></link><description><![CDATA[A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33706]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For years [my wedding ring] has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26548]]></link><description><![CDATA[For years [my wedding ring] has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5686]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty conscience against others the way we wipe dirty fingers on a rag. This is as evil a misuse of others as the practice of exploitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55083]]></link><description><![CDATA[SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As fierce as hell, or fiercer still, A woman piqued who has her will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48722]]></link><description><![CDATA[As fierce as hell, or fiercer still, A woman piqued who has her will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day hath put on his jacket, and around His burning bosom buttoned it with stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day hath put on his jacket, and around His burning bosom buttoned it with stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24630]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   I have held many things in my hands, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva, into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66682]]></link><description><![CDATA[On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men  Upon whose age we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men  Upon whose age we void it up again   With poisonous spite and envy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15849</guid></item></channel></rss>