<?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[A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34928]]></link><description><![CDATA[A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asylum of the oppressed of every nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a once in a lifetime thing to ride across the country, and he's doing it for a good reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30838]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a once in a lifetime thing to ride across the country, and he's doing it for a good reason -- for Habitat. We're happy for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33381]]></link><description><![CDATA[The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a death -- they have need for the food bank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33384]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying their child a pair of shoes, food and heat in the wintertime. They?re seniors who are choosing whether to buy food or pay for medicine. Folks are going entire days without anything to eat at all. They are literally going to bed hungry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. - Reflections on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27734]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedlydo."N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedlydo."N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because other teams do something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue That, his apparent open guilt omitted--  I mean, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20238]]></link><description><![CDATA[So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue That, his apparent open guilt omitted--  I mean, his conversation with Shore's wife--   He lived from all attainder of suspects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11396]]></link><description><![CDATA[To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning is strength withheld. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning is strength withheld.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2637]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32022]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42844]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45847]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, For these are the things Jesus taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market had already factored in the pretty weak results in beef, but Pilgrim's Pride earnings highlighted the difficult trends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market had already factored in the pretty weak results in beef, but Pilgrim's Pride earnings highlighted the difficult trends in poultry. We anticipate poultry pricing will be pressured through at least spring, barring any notable AI outbreaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then, Jack, her cheeks! her cheeks, Jack! so deeply blushing at the insinuations of her tell-tale eyes! Then, Jack, her lips! O, Jack, lips smiling at their own discretion! and, if not smiling, more sweetly pouting -- more lovely in sullenness! Then, Jack, her neck! O, Jack, Jack!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25825]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food there was none, Shelter there was none but love was there in plenty, Hence I was the richest man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food there was none, Shelter there was none but love was there in plenty, Hence I was the richest man in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Love Lucy was never just a title! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33528]]></link><description><![CDATA[I Love Lucy was never just a title!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we groan, so also does the Holy Spirit groan with us, putting a meaning into our aspirations which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6346]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we groan, so also does the Holy Spirit groan with us, putting a meaning into our aspirations which they would not have of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is not for gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55762]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is not for gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hottest red carpet looks are going to be swept off the face. Or a little slung bun or sexy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41422]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hottest red carpet looks are going to be swept off the face. Or a little slung bun or sexy pony tail. But definitely dressed up with some hot jewels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44970]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My illusions range from romance to rowdiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32273]]></link><description><![CDATA[My illusions range from romance to rowdiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was Lawrence Mathis, a manager. He said. 'I like what you're doing, and I'd like to talk to you. What are your plans? What are you doing?' I said, 'You caught me at a bad time, because I'm probably moving home in a couple of months.' But I met with him that next Monday and told him what was going on. He said, 'Give me a year to work with you.' I said, 'l don't have a year. I've got six months, at best.' He said, 'All right. Six months.' Five weeks later we got offered a deal from Broken Bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5577]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes;  Their white is stays for ever,   Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes;  Their white is stays for ever,   Their red it never dies;    But Phyllida, my Phillida!     Her colour comes and goes;      It trembles to a lily,--       It wavers to a rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost every position he took in his life I was highly supportive of. He was a hero in many respects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost every position he took in his life I was highly supportive of. He was a hero in many respects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either this wallpaper goes, or I do! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13466</guid></item></channel></rss>