<?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[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all that out there. God bless you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59691]]></link><description><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is the thing you forget with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is the thing you forget with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smaller markets are on a much more even playing field, ... There's keen excitement for the season, if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smaller markets are on a much more even playing field, ... There's keen excitement for the season, if the league sticks to rule changes they have banked so much on and told the public so much about. If they backslide, they'll chase off fans with the same old product.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to pay money, you haven't won a thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37086]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to pay money, you haven't won a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a Tartar.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a Tartar.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. -Marian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. -Marian Anderson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of truth is said in jest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66382]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of truth is said in jest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26697]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30908]]></link><description><![CDATA[a slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9337]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16180]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14558]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These findings are very reflective of what we see around the world. The rise in weight and obesity is being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42078]]></link><description><![CDATA[These findings are very reflective of what we see around the world. The rise in weight and obesity is being seen globally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59173]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May be he is not well. Infirmity doth neglect all office  Whereto our health is bound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18928]]></link><description><![CDATA[May be he is not well. Infirmity doth neglect all office  Whereto our health is bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brothers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29026]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brothers there really.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been involved with college baseball for 30 years, and this is something that's always come up, but nobody's ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been involved with college baseball for 30 years, and this is something that's always come up, but nobody's ever acted on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20813]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out it's context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes is the heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies. Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer, From Chaos to Coherence Science's view of intelligence itself has begun to change. Historically, "intelligence" has been defined simply as mental capacity. Some have even proposed that it is, therefore, fixed, finite, and genetically predetermined. Now it appears intelligence has other dimensions as well, physiologically and emotionally. We all have considerably more intelligence than we thought; we just have not learned to bring our capacity for intelligence into coherence. Martin Luther King, Jr. -W. MacNeile Dixon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That baby was all I had. That was my world. When my world was taken away, I was crushed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28992]]></link><description><![CDATA[That baby was all I had. That was my world. When my world was taken away, I was crushed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57406]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live ye, he says, I flee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41381]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves . . . We found a way to be really happy and this way we're able to do it on our own . . . it's exciting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15350</guid></item></channel></rss>