<?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[All countries embraced some kind of change. So many parts of the world understood that this is a new world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29107]]></link><description><![CDATA[All countries embraced some kind of change. So many parts of the world understood that this is a new world order, except the Arab world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. -Nora Roberts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foul whisp'rings are abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foul whisp'rings are abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2446]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21344]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there light is from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mel Karmazin is meretricious.His Viacom is avariciousHis CBS is quite litigiousHis public nudity isplanned and vicious.His Likud Party isvengeful, vicious.It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mel Karmazin is meretricious.His Viacom is avariciousHis CBS is quite litigiousHis public nudity isplanned and vicious.His Likud Party isvengeful, vicious.It's time to exorcise thelegionswhich have entered Karmazinthrough spirit lesions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9722]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days;  Then Heaven tries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23566]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days;  Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune,   And over it softly her warm ear lays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I absolutely believe that an audit is warranted; 20 years is too long, ... There have been a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I absolutely believe that an audit is warranted; 20 years is too long, ... There have been a lot of allegations about this board, but the key word is 'allegations.' We need to, hopefully through an audit, see if the allegations have any merit. I'm not necessarily digging for any unethical behavior, but after 20 years, I think we should take a look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268]]></link><description><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and so full of pain!   Forever and forever shalt thou be    To some the gravestone of a dead delight,     To some the landmark of a new domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63837]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at once both please and preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the same as like except you feel sexier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579]]></link><description><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16554]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3070]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446]]></link><description><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing you can't spell will ever work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing you can't spell will ever work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,   Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity is my favourite sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is my favourite sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they always talk about what a great person he is first and that means more to me than anything because that's what will take him a long way in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance is mine, and I will repay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our geese are swans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58443]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our geese are swans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53007]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of Calvary,  Smitten for me, Ask what Thou wilt, but give  Love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15890]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43453</guid></item></channel></rss>