<?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[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1741]]></link><description><![CDATA[None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a catastrophic failure, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a catastrophic failure,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33324]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27126]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And eternity's despair!    And they heart the words it said--     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!      Pan, Pan is dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56373]]></link><description><![CDATA[My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26593]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that we are up there with all of the top four ranked teams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30490]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that we are up there with all of the top four ranked teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every noble work is at first impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every noble work is at first impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63457]]></link><description><![CDATA[By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out West and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, "Looking for gold, ya durn fool." He'd say, "Your pick is gold," and I'd say, "Well, that was easy." Good joke, huh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55735]]></link><description><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47177]]></link><description><![CDATA[We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast number of subjects that do not belong here, but are nevertheless here. What we need to do is to stop passing laws. We have enough laws now to govern the world for the next ten thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13288]]></link><description><![CDATA[ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may think this is the solution to all your woes, but this may not be a wise thing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32290]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may think this is the solution to all your woes, but this may not be a wise thing to do, because many, many offers are fraught with upfront fees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their big guy out of the game, and that really made the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego   Your future claims to each fantastic toe!    Waltz--Waltz alone--both legs and arms demands,     Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39025]]></link><description><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good time of year. Legislation is at the forefront of people's minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39507]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good time of year. Legislation is at the forefront of people's minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best smell in the world is that man that you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best smell in the world is that man that you love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the Nightingale: "Hail, all hail!  Pierce with thy trill the dark,   Like a glittering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the Nightingale: "Hail, all hail!  Pierce with thy trill the dark,   Like a glittering music-spark,    When the earth grows pale and dumb."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54164]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671]]></link><description><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen,  What we can we will be,   Honest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen,  What we can we will be,   Honest Englishmen.    Do the work that's nearest     Though it's dull at whiles,      Helping, when we meet them,       Lame dogs over stiles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your voices break and falter in the darkness,-- Break, falter, and are still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your voices break and falter in the darkness,-- Break, falter, and are still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thine own purpose, thou hast sent The strife and the discouragement! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46159]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thine own purpose, thou hast sent The strife and the discouragement!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People make decisions that undermine their goals every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41565]]></link><description><![CDATA[People make decisions that undermine their goals every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41565</guid></item></channel></rss>