<?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[Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he said she said' sometimes there's some poetry, if you turn your back long enough and let it happen naturally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of it's a little bit childish [today], ... The Fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of it's a little bit childish [today], ... The Fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the Florida catastrophe fund. Commissioners are calling for special sessions in legislature and are hoping that the process will be more seamless than it was in Florida.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18589]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And she combs her golden hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The church is unique in that it is so able to cut across ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The church is unique in that it is so able to cut across age boundaries and social-status boundaries. When one loves the Lord Jesus Christ and sincerely seeks to follow Him, then one quite by surprise comes upon a community that he did not know existed, a community that is experienced within the heart; and when this community is found, nothing is ever quite the same again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictures must not be too picturesque. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pictures must not be too picturesque.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64341]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the U.S. illegally] who has some kind of relationship with a Border Patrol agent. Either someone in their family is married to one, or they're sleeping with one. People's lives are very complicated and intertwined and they're not very clear-cut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than be less Car'd not to be at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than be less Car'd not to be at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things recessions do is uncover weak links. When you're in a strong economy, a bull market, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40338]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things recessions do is uncover weak links. When you're in a strong economy, a bull market, you can paper over a lot of things. When you get under some strain, these things show up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting are they? Well let'em wait! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting are they? Well let'em wait!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40706]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're in really good territory, with a lot of hunters, a lot of sportsmen and a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're in really good territory, with a lot of hunters, a lot of sportsmen and a lot of NRA members.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65603]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle, and no staffe to spin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49054]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle, and no staffe to spin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14246]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,  When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill   And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60401]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pardon all but thy selfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pardon all but thy selfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31064]]></link><description><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43993]]></link><description><![CDATA[For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same church-yarde will have his chappell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same church-yarde will have his chappell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look out at Carnegie Hall, we will feel so small in comparison (to the audience). But then you realize you're there because you worked so hard for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into nothing. [Lat., Gigni  De nihilo nihil, in nihilum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into nothing. [Lat., Gigni  De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car and I think over the 15 days we were the better all-round outfit. It's a fantastic feeling to win the Dakar. I experienced many highs and lows in my skiing career, but this is so different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9928</guid></item></channel></rss>