<?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[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ideas fail, words come in very handy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20286]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ideas fail, words come in very handy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain: Fought all his battles o'er again;  And thrice he routed all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain: Fought all his battles o'er again;  And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62379]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom said that the food they give you here tastes like dog food, but I don't think it's that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31595]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom said that the food they give you here tastes like dog food, but I don't think it's that bad now,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19322]]></link><description><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew someone who remembers eating Sunday afternoon with their family then snapping out of it on Thursday while driving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31728]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew someone who remembers eating Sunday afternoon with their family then snapping out of it on Thursday while driving home from work. Imagine not knowing what you did for four entire days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32950]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to the governor. They're also concerned about their next election -- and carrying the albatross of the previous administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Aesthetics of Repetition II ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Aesthetics of Repetition II]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young woman. She had an affair with a married man in the 1890s that was the talk of Cincinnati.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  However the gospel may be defended, it cannot be defended by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  However the gospel may be defended, it cannot be defended by concessions which deprive it of its essence or which detract from our Saviour's title to be called The Word of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43003]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22876]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."   - Thomas Carlyle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10317]]></link><description><![CDATA[No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the public, appear more genuinely apologetic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a 100 percent shot, an explosive shot as opposed to a smooth, rhythmical timing of the leg. It's like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a 100 percent shot, an explosive shot as opposed to a smooth, rhythmical timing of the leg. It's like hitting all out on a driver as opposed to putting a ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That it may please you leave these sad designs To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53831]]></link><description><![CDATA[That it may please you leave these sad designs To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,  And presently repair to Crosby House;   Where--after I have solemnly interred    At Chertsey monast'ry with noble king--     And wet his grave with my repentant tears--      I will with all expedient duty see you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a show that's designed just for children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a show that's designed just for children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's gonna do your hair, who's gonna do your make-up, the jewelry, the bag, what kind of stockings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who's gonna do your hair, who's gonna do your make-up, the jewelry, the bag, what kind of stockings?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possibly one of the largest thefts in history, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possibly one of the largest thefts in history,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/782]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of people without basic legal safeguards is a gross dereliction of responsibility on the part of both the U.S. and UK forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32322</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[Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11461</guid></item></channel></rss>