<?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 shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50793]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We actually started having meetings yesterday morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35294]]></link><description><![CDATA[We actually started having meetings yesterday morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They came out to play ball and go up 21-zip after that punter fumbles that ball. It's tough to dig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31715]]></link><description><![CDATA[They came out to play ball and go up 21-zip after that punter fumbles that ball. It's tough to dig out of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's really important is the emergence of a political class that would agree on the rules of the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34952]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's really important is the emergence of a political class that would agree on the rules of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can eat fifty eggs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18312]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can eat fifty eggs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can tell you is that we're continuing to gather information. I think Allen's attendance at the meeting reflects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31898]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can tell you is that we're continuing to gather information. I think Allen's attendance at the meeting reflects the governor's desire to get all the input that he can possibly get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ask me for a name to pull out the hat to replace Gibbs if he gets seriously injured tomorrow. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42695]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ask me for a name to pull out the hat to replace Gibbs if he gets seriously injured tomorrow. Not one name jumps out at you, because there hasn't been a guy that has actually stood up and put his hand up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the great guide to human life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the great guide to human life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067]]></link><description><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and practices. And each change in the actions of those affected in the first instance will require further adjustments that will gradually extend through the whole of society. Every change thus in a sense creates a "problem" for society, even though no single individual perceives it as such; it is gradually "solved" by the establishment of a new overall adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volumes so far are low and I believe we will end (the day) in the black. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Volumes so far are low and I believe we will end (the day) in the black.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, treating (sleep apnea) was largely a lifestyle issue because people were falling asleep in the day and this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, treating (sleep apnea) was largely a lifestyle issue because people were falling asleep in the day and this would help them feel better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7055]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His glory, is so far from being dull and uncomfortable, that it creates new comforts in everything that we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean;   And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.    (Chorus:) Let the toast pass,--     Drink to the lass,      I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she is such a smart little craft, Such a neat little, sweet little craft--  Such a bright little, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56171]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she is such a smart little craft, Such a neat little, sweet little craft--  Such a bright little,   Tight little,    Slight little,     Light little,      Trim little, slim little craft!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19513]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37328]]></link><description><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fruit of silence is tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fruit of silence is tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62552]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 points.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10425]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As drifting logs of wood may haply meet On ocean's waters surging to and fro,  And having met, drift ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26804]]></link><description><![CDATA[As drifting logs of wood may haply meet On ocean's waters surging to and fro,  And having met, drift once again apart,   So, fleeting is the intercourse of men.    E'en as a traveler meeting with the shade     Of some o'erhung tree, awhile reposes,      Then leaves its shelter to pursue his ways,       So men meet friends, then part with them for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17463]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. [Fr., La satire ment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. [Fr., La satire ment sur les gens de lettres pendant leur vie, et l'eloge ment apres leur mort.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind that blows, the ship that goes And the lass the loves a sailor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind that blows, the ship that goes And the lass the loves a sailor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246]]></link><description><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8855]]></link><description><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8855</guid></item></channel></rss>