<?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[If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11736]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I think you should buck him off right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas God the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it,  And what the word did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12634]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas God the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it,  And what the word did make it,   That I believe and take it.   - Elizabeth I,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money makes the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money makes the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn,   Appoint appearance and return?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for the Irish Republic. Facing our enemy we must declare an attitude simply. . . . We ask for no mercy and we will make no compromise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5917]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!  Which were so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!  Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,   As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59782]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43608]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65841]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25984]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So vain is the belief That the sequestered path has fewest flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57177]]></link><description><![CDATA[So vain is the belief That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45865]]></link><description><![CDATA[And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're smart in that aspect. We know our spots. We get to where we need to be. We press as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're smart in that aspect. We know our spots. We get to where we need to be. We press as much as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed profitability out as far as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30625]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed profitability out as far as they could. Our survey this year has definitely found improved profit levels emerging sooner rather than later, and this is very encouraging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst deluded are the self-deluded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst deluded are the self-deluded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26945]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush  Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2977]]></link><description><![CDATA[When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush  Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up,   Opened in airs of June her multiple    OF golden chalices to humming birds     And silken-wing'd insects of the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution--the revolution of rising expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void   The world can never fill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you to recant your statement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells Ring Sabbath knells;  The sod's a cushion for his pious want,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50170]]></link><description><![CDATA[To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells Ring Sabbath knells;  The sod's a cushion for his pious want,   And, consecrated by the heaven within it,    The sky-blue pool a font.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48933]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride   On horseback after me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25883]]></link><description><![CDATA[All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5025]]></link><description><![CDATA[They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65676</guid></item></channel></rss>