<?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[No language is rude that can boast polite writers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24075]]></link><description><![CDATA[No language is rude that can boast polite writers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59440]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists to knock and wait for thee!"   And, O! how often to that voice of sorrow,    "To-morrow we will open," I replied,     And when the morrow came I answered still, "To-morrow."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25097]]></link><description><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   In burning throne though they keep still    Serenities unthawed and chill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was: curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41203]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The publication of 'The Colorado Kid' represents a big step forward for us, ... With a first printing of nearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31394]]></link><description><![CDATA[The publication of 'The Colorado Kid' represents a big step forward for us, ... With a first printing of nearly one million copies, it's by far the biggest book we've ever published, quite possibly the biggest [distributor] Dorchester has ever published as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41090]]></link><description><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really looking forward to getting some of this rust off of me, getting back into game shape and playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really looking forward to getting some of this rust off of me, getting back into game shape and playing the game, and honestly just being back for my teammates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is plain as a pike staff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is plain as a pike staff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is only fanastical that is not in fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15339]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is only fanastical that is not in fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to write, but I love to have written ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62418]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to write, but I love to have written]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything's been expanded from paints to plumbing to electrical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything's been expanded from paints to plumbing to electrical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proof of the pudding is in the eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33662]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in the president's place I would not have gotten the chance to resign. I would have been lying in a pool of my own blood, looking up, and listening to my wife ask, 'How do you reload this son of a bitch'?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The graveyards are full of indispensable men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The graveyards are full of indispensable men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58084]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches either serve or govern the possessor. [Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches either serve or govern the possessor. [Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else . . . was to be indifferent to that difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13715</guid></item></channel></rss>