<?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[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123]]></link><description><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55103]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favoured temple is in an humble heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19029]]></link><description><![CDATA[My favoured temple is in an humble heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14071]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were constantly, Matho, a guest at my villa at Tivoli. Now you buy it--I have deceived you; I have merely sold you what was already your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60781]]></link><description><![CDATA[All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64374]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. Just flat out and she'll believe it: "I'm tellin' ya. This chick came downstairs with a sign around her neck 'Lay on Top of Me Or I'll Die.' I didn't know what I was gonna do....".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15830]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were pleased with it. I was proud of them. We didn't have an outstanding meet the week before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42123]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were pleased with it. I was proud of them. We didn't have an outstanding meet the week before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to site thn it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15744]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk to this new forecast is down, not up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk to this new forecast is down, not up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ;fine home, says: "No man should have so much." The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: "All men should have as much.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66632]]></link><description><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54743]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She would skewer her best friend on the greasy spit of scandal if circumstances warranted it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is bottled poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is bottled poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,  Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tortoise and the EagleA tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tortoise and the EagleA tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly. An Eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him if he would take her aloft and float her in the air. I will give you, she said, all the riches of the Red Sea. I will teach you to fly then, said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. The Tortoise exclaimed in the moment of death: I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?' If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15536]]></link><description><![CDATA[He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66000]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/588]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In indolent vacuity of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59213]]></link><description><![CDATA[In indolent vacuity of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first three weeks were bitterly cold, but the last week was pretty darn warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37833]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first three weeks were bitterly cold, but the last week was pretty darn warm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just had good control. That was the key. He didn't put people on base and allowed the defense to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31324]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just had good control. That was the key. He didn't put people on base and allowed the defense to do what they were supposed to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31324</guid></item></channel></rss>