<?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[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like we tried to give it away. We didn't play our best. I told the girls after the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like we tried to give it away. We didn't play our best. I told the girls after the game that good teams win even when they don't play their best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings. [The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49931]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings. [The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It?s definitely a bonus having Ed back. It?s not only me that?s a vet now. He knows what goes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37432]]></link><description><![CDATA[It?s definitely a bonus having Ed back. It?s not only me that?s a vet now. He knows what goes in on in the D-line room and what (defensive line) coach (Larry) Johnson expects from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37432</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/52921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51225]]></link><description><![CDATA[What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our general projects building has been overflowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our general projects building has been overflowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51154]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark   Break into a thousand gems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distributors will send demos so that we, as employees, can try them out, so that we can say 'I've played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distributors will send demos so that we, as employees, can try them out, so that we can say 'I've played this' and this is what I thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22383]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habituallydirects his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observationstrengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly andresolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26006]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault, Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51347]]></link><description><![CDATA[And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault, Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40501]]></link><description><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so it's a good deal come lunchtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is forever inexperienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is forever inexperienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High drug prices have created a barrier between people and the drugs they need to stay healthy. We need state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40904]]></link><description><![CDATA[High drug prices have created a barrier between people and the drugs they need to stay healthy. We need state laws to help knock those barriers down -- unfortunately the drug industry continues to stop those efforts at every turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9542]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey coat,   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The follow-on from this is that E.ON is unlikely to re-bid for Scottish Power in the near term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The follow-on from this is that E.ON is unlikely to re-bid for Scottish Power in the near term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;  The world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;  The world is good and the people are good,   And we're all good fellows together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shot the lights out. I'll give them credit, and they pressured us really, really well. They were very good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35999]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shot the lights out. I'll give them credit, and they pressured us really, really well. They were very good defensively, and they frustrated us on our opportunities with the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go through 20 cases of ham a week. That's 40 hams every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of our 20,000 university graduates each year, 60 percent have a degree in science, technology or business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of our 20,000 university graduates each year, 60 percent have a degree in science, technology or business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of JusticeA swallow, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of JusticeA swallow, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds. A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. The Swallow, finding her nest empty, lamented greatly and exclaimed: Woe to me a stranger! that in this place where all others' rights are protected, I alone should suffer wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since your legs, Phoebus, resemble the horns of the moon, you might bathe your feet in a cornucopia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since your legs, Phoebus, resemble the horns of the moon, you might bathe your feet in a cornucopia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But yet she listen'd--'tis enough-- Who listens once will listen twice;  Her heart, be sure, is not of ice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25166]]></link><description><![CDATA[But yet she listen'd--'tis enough-- Who listens once will listen twice;  Her heart, be sure, is not of ice,   And one refusal no rebuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they didn't commit any crimes, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38225]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it -- or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells me and bring it out on the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21702</guid></item></channel></rss>