<?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[It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50285]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singing and rejoicing, As aye since time began,  The dying earth's last poet   Shall be the earth's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Singing and rejoicing, As aye since time began,  The dying earth's last poet   Shall be the earth's last man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51779]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They told me I could fill right in at the four spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32712]]></link><description><![CDATA[They told me I could fill right in at the four spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you first meet him you often find him to be annoying, and you have to control yourself not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33647]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you first meet him you often find him to be annoying, and you have to control yourself not to say anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to keep the speed and stability of a longer ski but make it a lot more maneuverable. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to keep the speed and stability of a longer ski but make it a lot more maneuverable. It's just all about the surface area. All of our skis are shorter than most, but they have the same surface area -- and that's what determines the speed and stability, the actual amount of ski on the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised me less. [Fr., Cela est beau, et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48014]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised me less. [Fr., Cela est beau, et je vous louerais davantage si vous m'aviez loue moins.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54398]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5100]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60066]]></link><description><![CDATA[To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure thankful that's all it did. God protected us. It doesn't look like anybody lost a house. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33047]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure thankful that's all it did. God protected us. It doesn't look like anybody lost a house. It was a good day all together I guess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only react when there is a threat to the aircraft, passengers or crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only react when there is a threat to the aircraft, passengers or crew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our aspirations are our possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our aspirations are our possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams -- even if it takes a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50872]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he regains competence, then the state can proceed with their case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39135]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he regains competence, then the state can proceed with their case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a number of moderate Republicans around who are qualified for the court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a number of moderate Republicans around who are qualified for the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Upon a little reflection one can see that no concepts which are restricted to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Upon a little reflection one can see that no concepts which are restricted to Christianity could possibly be found in a language spoken only by pagans. How could pagans have developed words for Christian ideas which have never occurred to them? This identical situation existed when the Holy Spirit inspired the New Testament. At that time many pagan words, with pagan-thought background, were used in Christian contexts; by the contexts the present Christian meaning eventually built up, until it was possible to express all the Christian meaning in the pagan terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. 'Hear that?' you say, 'That's dynamite, baby.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in an epidemic, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37038]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in an epidemic,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53386]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But is there nothing else, That we may do but only walk? Methinks  Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23813]]></link><description><![CDATA[But is there nothing else, That we may do but only walk? Methinks  Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing   Laughs like a babe just roused from sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?  'Tis better to have fought and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?  'Tis better to have fought and lost   That never to have fought at all!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55033]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27588]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3039</guid></item></channel></rss>