<?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[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44873]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1135]]></link><description><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our business. It is what we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40785]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our business. It is what we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloomy as night he stands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloomy as night he stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4040]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return  To plague the inventor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51381]]></link><description><![CDATA[We but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return  To plague the inventor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30910]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31819]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members of the Alameda County Police force stormed up the avenue toward them. The National Guard closed in from the other direction, and overhead, a helicopter [hovered over] the assembled group.] I thought, 'How did we come to this?' ... I witnessed what I thought was the hypocrisy of some of those protests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get to shore as soon as I could. The thought crossed my mind that I might not make it back in and it was just pretty hectic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need models rather than critics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children need models rather than critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of success is constancy of purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is constancy of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,' Sugar Ray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,' Sugar Ray on ABC and so forth. By the time they were ready to go for the big bucks, they were household names. In this environment, it's much tougher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're better than Belgium ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41157]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're better than Belgium]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40565]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside pitch was really catching us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66803]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every living thing there is the desire for love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16462]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every living thing there is the desire for love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs;  To-day is sad. In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59444]]></link><description><![CDATA[A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs;  To-day is sad. In the bland To-be,   Serene and lovely To-morrow lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19861]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just takes you back. It's just old-fashioned fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35388]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just takes you back. It's just old-fashioned fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything can be discussed at the negotiating table. We have no red lines on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything can be discussed at the negotiating table. We have no red lines on anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a boyling pot flies comes not. [To a boiling pot flies come not.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16224]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a boyling pot flies comes not. [To a boiling pot flies come not.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost time is never found again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lost time is never found again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives it: for Optima corrupta pessima: the best things corrupted become the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't really do that. I can't share a lot of things with him. I feel like the disease is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't really do that. I can't share a lot of things with him. I feel like the disease is progressing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both Regiments or none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both Regiments or none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51745]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8022</guid></item></channel></rss>