<?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[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27115]]></link><description><![CDATA[To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14414]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ajax the great . . . Himself a host. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ajax the great . . . Himself a host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59691]]></link><description><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54078]]></link><description><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19190]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring on that damn cat!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need loving the most when they deserve it the least ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46042]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need loving the most when they deserve it the least]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a right anybody can use, so please, if there is any problem with a press publication, there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29418]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a right anybody can use, so please, if there is any problem with a press publication, there are also laws to solve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave. -King Richard II. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55826]]></link><description><![CDATA[And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30467]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river,  Like the bubble on the fountain,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river,  Like the bubble on the fountain,   Thou are gone, and for ever!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give loosers leave to talke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give loosers leave to talke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in a peal, one and all,   For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38698]]></link><description><![CDATA[We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health care was the main issue in about 45 or 46 percent of our cases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22103]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the final leg. I am positive that these countries will help extinguish the debt, which was mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28944]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the final leg. I am positive that these countries will help extinguish the debt, which was mostly direct transfers to the Iraqi central bank to finance the war with Iran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49956]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were respected by the community. How is the community going to treat us now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were respected by the community. How is the community going to treat us now?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27582</guid></item></channel></rss>