<?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[History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65959]]></link><description><![CDATA[History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, no question, has sprung an observation . . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47232]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63751]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also nothing in the state law that controls what a private landowner can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,  And earth's base built on stubble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14926]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,  And earth's base built on stubble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many Americans don't understand the importance of minority rights and the independent judiciary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many Americans don't understand the importance of minority rights and the independent judiciary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27877]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas he soared up and awayand out of sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63348]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21656]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24803]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61113]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Charger AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly andcarefully provided for, while he himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Charger AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly andcarefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough toeat and not even that without hard work. But when war broke out,a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to thecharge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy. The Horse waswounded and fell dead on the battlefield. Then the Ass, seeingall these things, changed his mind, and commiserated the Horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2043]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24730]]></link><description><![CDATA[By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to get back in there and that's what anyone would ask for, to get right back on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to get back in there and that's what anyone would ask for, to get right back on the horse. I'm looking forward to it and putting [Wednesday] night behind me and moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely accomplished something. Guys were having fun out there, showing fans that we've gotten our defenses and offenses down. I'm satisfied with our progression right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to have two out of three if you want to compete in this conference. But, as far as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42097]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to have two out of three if you want to compete in this conference. But, as far as talent goes, we should've swept them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west,  Where the sun, his day's work ended, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44525]]></link><description><![CDATA[A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west,  Where the sun, his day's work ended,   Lingers as in content,    There falls on the old, gray city     An influence luminous and serene,      A shining peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just a senior and a leader doing what he is supposed to do. The last couple of games he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38715]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just a senior and a leader doing what he is supposed to do. The last couple of games he's really stepped up and has been filling in nicely for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May his body rest free from evil. [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14100]]></link><description><![CDATA[May his body rest free from evil. [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, When the frost is on the punkin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3569]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60243]]></link><description><![CDATA[’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/276]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School is a building which has fours walls with tomorrow inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22779]]></link><description><![CDATA[School is a building which has fours walls with tomorrow inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael is starting to get real consistent. His course management is really good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael is starting to get real consistent. His course management is really good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26603]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?  To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1724]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?  To view each love one blotted from life's page,   And be alone on earth as I am now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My cake is dough. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55710]]></link><description><![CDATA[My cake is dough. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54819</guid></item></channel></rss>