<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53772]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, filet mignon, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes. - The Rising Gorge, 1961.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going in and telling schools what to do is just going to make everybody mad and not get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going in and telling schools what to do is just going to make everybody mad and not get to the goal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43753]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17694]]></link><description><![CDATA[God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife organized the Jewish Women's Caucus boycott of Moses..wait.. ! I am receiving a correction !My wife was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27251]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife organized the Jewish Women's Caucus boycott of Moses..wait.. ! I am receiving a correction !My wife was the VERY LAST woman to join the Jewish Women'sCaucus boycott of Moses!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46824]]></link><description><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better late than never. [Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better late than never. [Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even at low speeds, trains with that much weight can take as much as a half-mile to stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even at low speeds, trains with that much weight can take as much as a half-mile to stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28247]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3128]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold as any stone. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55950]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold as any stone. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right is its own defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right is its own defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45912]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's basically to get the kids back from spring break and allow them to get the rust off. They also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41723]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's basically to get the kids back from spring break and allow them to get the rust off. They also get to play some good competition before the season winds down before the state playoffs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5810]]></link><description><![CDATA[To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53990]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things in their beeing are good for something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49110]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things in their beeing are good for something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61145]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29667]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the objections of purists who argue that only radio performers should be welcome.] If it becomes 'Friends of Old-Time Television,' I'm out of there, ... Let's Pretend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19374]]></link><description><![CDATA[One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit  That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit  That could be moved to smile at anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17918]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ho! stand to your glasses steady! 'Tis all we have left to prize.  A cup to the dead already,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ho! stand to your glasses steady! 'Tis all we have left to prize.  A cup to the dead already,--   Hurrah for the next that dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clean tie attracts the soup of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10099]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/624</guid></item></channel></rss>