<?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[Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye,  To give repentance to her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye,  To give repentance to her lover,   And wring his bosom, is--to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41602]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28126]]></link><description><![CDATA[to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,  Can be retentive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,  Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;   But life, being weary of these worldly bars,    Never lacks power to dismiss itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth in the economy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth in the economy continue, eventually they (Japan) will depart from the zero interest rate policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogant powers intend to make countries local and national economy bankrupt in an attempt to make more benefits from establishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrogant powers intend to make countries local and national economy bankrupt in an attempt to make more benefits from establishing a big market]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31155]]></link><description><![CDATA[My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then, when somebody comes up, act like they just woke up and go, "What was THAT?!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expect that on Wednesday we will be asking people to inform the inquiry as to whether they have any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expect that on Wednesday we will be asking people to inform the inquiry as to whether they have any wish to examine the prime minister in relation to his statement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the moment of evolutionary truth for the race, and what man doeswith that moment will be more important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the moment of evolutionary truth for the race, and what man doeswith that moment will be more important than the events of the previousmillennia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62347]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible  Of speaking truth, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3171]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible  Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15978]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38801]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the bosome of the sea, that never was seene nor never shall bee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41600]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some book there is that she desires to see. Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some book there is that she desires to see. Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.  But thou art deeper read and better skilled:   Come and take choice of all my library,    And so beguile thy sorrow, till the heavens     Reveal the damned contriver of this deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.   - William Makepeace Thackeray,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18297]]></link><description><![CDATA[You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se igitur expetitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23648</guid></item></channel></rss>