<?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 a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the stored vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20901]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the stored vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38586]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then departs leaving the house so silent that you think you will go mad]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41054]]></link><description><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Synods are mystical Bear-gardens. Where Elders, Deputies, Church-wardens,  And other Members of the Court,   Manage the Babylonish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Synods are mystical Bear-gardens. Where Elders, Deputies, Church-wardens,  And other Members of the Court,   Manage the Babylonish sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27169]]></link><description><![CDATA[I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The band as an entity has evolved and matured with their stage performance and song writing. I couldn't be more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The band as an entity has evolved and matured with their stage performance and song writing. I couldn't be more proud of the individual members and the band. Each has accomplished so much with their instruments. I love what they are doing right now and I think they are great at it. I catch myself being a fan sometimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash--  Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash--  Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill;   All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in time prepares   For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committeefor an animal adapted to communities without water..it was a divine consensus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Using the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Using the Oval office to lead your troops into a war born of blatant deception makes you a murderer and a war criminal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add to golden numbers golden numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add to golden numbers golden numbers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59110]]></link><description><![CDATA[In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from any guiltiness; but when I have committed it, it often seems so deep that I cannot escape without drowning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise and don't drink too much. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise and don't drink too much. Then again, don't drink too little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not received. It is achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not received. It is achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33083]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are paying cash because we believe our stock is greatly undervalued and prefer to use cash as our acquisition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30219]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are paying cash because we believe our stock is greatly undervalued and prefer to use cash as our acquisition currency,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's going to be a lot of changes. We've been building a database and we now have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30528]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's going to be a lot of changes. We've been building a database and we now have a much better picture of species distribution throughout the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;  Spreads the fresh verdure of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;  Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads   The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude. [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude. [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3575]]></link><description><![CDATA[This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art hath an enemy called ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art hath an enemy called ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bert was dominant especially early on when it mattered most. You could tell it was an inspired effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bert was dominant especially early on when it mattered most. You could tell it was an inspired effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48082]]></link><description><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last,   I'm going all along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you... When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23855]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you... When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you... When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you... Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little lett lets an ill workeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49049]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little lett lets an ill workeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51615]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13689]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2046]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66464]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66464</guid></item></channel></rss>