<?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[The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing..for once started upon that journey, the hog never came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing..for once started upon that journey, the hog never came back. One by one the men hooked up the hogs and slit their throats. There was a line of hogs with squeals and lifeblood ebbing away.. until at last each vanished into a huge vat of boiling water (some still alive). The hogs were so innocent. They came so very trustingly. They were so very human in their protests. They had done nothing to deserve it. in the book THE JUNGLE.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44974]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues seem to be the changing environment that we live in. There's much more access to in-home entertainment, there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues seem to be the changing environment that we live in. There's much more access to in-home entertainment, there's much more competition with lots of different kinds of arts, and there's a lot more fear of the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, so people don't get caught. The institutions that have taken decisions that might put them into harm's way are probably fewer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My reputation grows with every failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53867]]></link><description><![CDATA[My reputation grows with every failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5212]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54654]]></link><description><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal will do more than knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal will do more than knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27382]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any merit that which he obtains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24590]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when she's performing, the audience is just in awe of her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in having bands for solo records. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in having bands for solo records.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just do what you do best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just do what you do best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[January grey is here, Like a sexton by her grave;  February bears the bier,   March with grief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54956]]></link><description><![CDATA[January grey is here, Like a sexton by her grave;  February bears the bier,   March with grief doth howl and rave,    And April weeps--but, O ye hours!     Follow with May's fairest flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have they fixed the where, and when? And shall Trelawny die?  Here's thirty thousand Cornish men   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45782]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have they fixed the where, and when? And shall Trelawny die?  Here's thirty thousand Cornish men   Will know the reason why!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32258]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of Bunker Hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things for us and ours. And when we and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things for us and ours. And when we and ours have it in our powers to do for you and yours what you and yours have done for us and ours,  Then we and ours will do for you and yours what you and yours have done for us and ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gnomes - Very small creatures that live in holes in gardens. They have leathery skin and large bald heads. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gnomes - Very small creatures that live in holes in gardens. They have leathery skin and large bald heads. To de-gnome a garden, grab the gnome by the ankles and swing it around your head, and then throw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're confident that Floridians support our positions and that's been reflected in our fund raising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30951]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're confident that Floridians support our positions and that's been reflected in our fund raising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54075]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44939]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9833]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does he think I'm going to beat him? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does he think I'm going to beat him?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Councell breakes not the head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Councell breakes not the head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18799]]></link><description><![CDATA[You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Harris Teeter looks for is a certain demographic, household income and education level, and Columbia really fit the demographic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39958]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Harris Teeter looks for is a certain demographic, household income and education level, and Columbia really fit the demographic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many hands make light work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many hands make light work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee,  That no revenue hast but thy good spirits   To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?    No, let the candied tongue like absurd pomp,     And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee      Where thrift may follow fawning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54212]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60724]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60724</guid></item></channel></rss>