<?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[Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28235]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian conflict at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25992]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5039]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63955]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17103]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret forthe things we did not do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret forthe things we did not do that is inconsolable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50188]]></link><description><![CDATA[As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he be,   And sing the songs he loved to hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle   I shall not value his prayers at all, be he never so earnest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle   I shall not value his prayers at all, be he never so earnest and frequent in them, who gives not alms according to his ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44925]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving is dead, restoring very sicke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34943]]></link><description><![CDATA[[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter what Libby's lawyers implied--a hesitation that gave Miller pause.] He didn't call. He didn't write, ... you draw certain conclusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greaterpleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28536]]></link><description><![CDATA[All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30470]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter in a 3-2 count, do you throw a fastball he knows is coming or start fresh with the next hitter? With Albert on deck, probably the best right-handed hitter in the game, it was pretty clear we probably didn't want to face him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will help. But one good year doesn't pull you out of a drought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30686]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will help. But one good year doesn't pull you out of a drought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim's characters tend to wear darker colors and some, like the corpse bride, are no longer living, but they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim's characters tend to wear darker colors and some, like the corpse bride, are no longer living, but they have a pluck and a spirit that makes you fall in love with them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we find ourselves in the middle of this building boom, it's a more acute problem than ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32162]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we find ourselves in the middle of this building boom, it's a more acute problem than ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25344]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will make judgments before you even speak based on the way you look. Most definitely your physical appearance matters. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38990]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will make judgments before you even speak based on the way you look. Most definitely your physical appearance matters. The way you dress, your hygiene - it all matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66546]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a pin drop in that room when he finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He enters the port with a full sail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51799]]></link><description><![CDATA[He enters the port with a full sail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitchers were missing spots. When you miss spots against a team like that, they make you pay. It unraveled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitchers were missing spots. When you miss spots against a team like that, they make you pay. It unraveled from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the city but the people? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8782]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the city but the people?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose that every age has its own particular fantasy: ours is science. A seventeenth-century man like Blaise Pascal, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose that every age has its own particular fantasy: ours is science. A seventeenth-century man like Blaise Pascal, who thought himself a mathematician and scientist of genius, found it quite ridiculous that anyone should suppose that rational processes could lead to any ultimate conclusions about life, but easily accepted the authority of the Scriptures. With us, it is the other way `round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43514]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11780]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a plumber to install showers; we want to expand the playground for the children; we also want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need a plumber to install showers; we want to expand the playground for the children; we also want to incorporate classes that will benefit the mothers into our schedule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone for the fish-knives, Norman As Cook is a little unnerved;  You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Phone for the fish-knives, Norman As Cook is a little unnerved;  You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes   And I must have things daintily served.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring on that damn cat!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1992</guid></item></channel></rss>