<?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[It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it down. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36367]]></link><description><![CDATA[(The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it down. We played our game. We put them in a situation where they were on their heels and had to run with us. We were coming down, getting good looks, open opportunities, and we were knocking them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60536]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65543]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June,  Sole noise that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June,  Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon,   When ev'n the bees lag at the summoning brass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nouveau riche’ is better than ‘no riche.’ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14768]]></link><description><![CDATA[‘Nouveau riche’ is better than ‘no riche.’]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is trying to preserve a piece of land that's got oil wells all over it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one fastens where there is gaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one fastens where there is gaine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power to tax involves the power to destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power to tax involves the power to destroy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relativity applies to physics, not ethics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relativity applies to physics, not ethics]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27578]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't been enforced until after the elections in an attempt to ease the political pressure in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as a district, we?re not too small and we?re not too big to try this, we?re just about right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38681]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as a district, we?re not too small and we?re not too big to try this, we?re just about right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61413]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55747]]></link><description><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is whatever distracts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is whatever distracts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet at the resurrection we shall see A fair edition, and of matchless worth,  Free from erratas, new in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet at the resurrection we shall see A fair edition, and of matchless worth,  Free from erratas, new in heaven set forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52820]]></link><description><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They simply don't want a recession. It's an insurance policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37051]]></link><description><![CDATA[They simply don't want a recession. It's an insurance policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25944]]></link><description><![CDATA[In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55143]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63894]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10496]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4762</guid></item></channel></rss>