<?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[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14158]]></link><description><![CDATA[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376]]></link><description><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31880]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Humph!' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25307]]></link><description><![CDATA['Humph!' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves?' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he. - Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66632]]></link><description><![CDATA[One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26441]]></link><description><![CDATA[She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just from watching Louisville on TV, they seem like a physical team. We have to be tough and strong with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just from watching Louisville on TV, they seem like a physical team. We have to be tough and strong with the ball. Going on the road, that's a big emphasis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64286]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12148]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue. [Lat., Voluptas mentis (ut ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue. [Lat., Voluptas mentis (ut ita dicam) praestringit oculos, nec habet ullum cum virtute commercium.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, it feels like they're beginning to spend more than they have in the past couple of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's unlimited untapped potential for IBM, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34616]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's unlimited untapped potential for IBM,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;  But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness,   Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17622]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by a winding stair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48351]]></link><description><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by a winding stair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19701]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what a blamed uncertain thing  This pesky weather is; It blew and snew and then it thew,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what a blamed uncertain thing  This pesky weather is; It blew and snew and then it thew,  And now, by jing, it's friz!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing if we can get some personalities together. Once they believe in one another, and they start competing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38651]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing if we can get some personalities together. Once they believe in one another, and they start competing for every point, I think we will be a very good team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In effect, the army is confined to fortified bases while the Taliban are filling the vacuum outside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29790]]></link><description><![CDATA[In effect, the army is confined to fortified bases while the Taliban are filling the vacuum outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The Hornets were just -- I don't know what the hell it was. There is no explaining for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40435]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been able to accomplish that. They need that off their plate. It is in Haywood County so let Haywood County take it and make something out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who build beneath the stars build too low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who build beneath the stars build too low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It definitely is a signal of change - this engine is not just continuing on at the same pace as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It definitely is a signal of change - this engine is not just continuing on at the same pace as it was in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. -King John. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach  Delinquency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23640]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach  Delinquency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our illusions that create the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our illusions that create the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5413</guid></item></channel></rss>