<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Men and women - 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[I married beneath me. All women do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I married beneath me. All women do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything more?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27315]]></link><description><![CDATA[While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27316]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27317]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a box of chocolates. You have to squeeze a few bottoms to make sure you like what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a box of chocolates. You have to squeeze a few bottoms to make sure you like what you are getting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27303]]></link><description><![CDATA[In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. "What do you mean?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. "What do you mean?" responded her mother. "Well, she went down the aisle with one man, and came back with another.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27294]]></link><description><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27295]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27296]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27290]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27283]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27284]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27271]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27272]]></link><description><![CDATA[An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27275]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand for a technologically advanced, de-skilled, low-paid, non-unionized female workforce and paved the way for making part-time work the norm for married women now. A generation later, it was the daughters of wartime women workers who completed their mothers' campaign for equal pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27267</guid></item></channel></rss>