<?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 people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33282]]></link><description><![CDATA[No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone must row with the oars he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one end pursues,   And only change the expiring flames renews.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64952]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15571]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty --excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty --excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable --should persist after the beauty was gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52017]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the advance and even the preservation of civilization depend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path with ultimately reveal itself. My job is to be a decent human being no matter how rocky the road gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end of our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45939]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the concrete is just basically disintegrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61806]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good-bye--my paper's out so nearly, I've only room for, Yours sincerely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good-bye--my paper's out so nearly, I've only room for, Yours sincerely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools give you reasons, wise men never try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34651]]></link><description><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found this fact to be very profitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946]]></link><description><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21725]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6123]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't scared of them. We felt we could match up with them. The only thing was that I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31588]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't scared of them. We felt we could match up with them. The only thing was that I think we got away from attacking like we had. They had 20 turnovers, but we didn't take advantage of as many of them as we should have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously a direct driver of inflation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and beneath,   Grottoes and temples with their crystal spires    And gleaming columns radiant in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49310]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63982]]></link><description><![CDATA[True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The driver (of the Mobil truck) was soaked in gas, ... He had tried to stop it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The driver (of the Mobil truck) was soaked in gas, ... He had tried to stop it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have you. A lover and a friend. You are everything I need. You are the sun, the air I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have you. A lover and a friend. You are everything I need. You are the sun, the air I breathe. Without you, life wouldn't be the same. Please don't ever go away. And if you go, then don't forget to take me with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61173]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29338]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ade's Law: Anybody can win--unless there happens to be a second entry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ade's Law: Anybody can win--unless there happens to be a second entry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,  Await alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,  Await alike th' inevitable hour,   The paths of glory lead but to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18222</guid></item></channel></rss>