<?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[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seldom or never does a marriage develop into an individual relationshipsmoothly and without crisis. There is no birth of consciousness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seldom or never does a marriage develop into an individual relationshipsmoothly and without crisis. There is no birth of consciousness withoutpain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of the largest public workers union in the state. That is one of the largest conflicts of interest that we've ever heard of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an orderly transition, I think. Jordan is taking a less visible role and the broadcast guys are assuming positions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an orderly transition, I think. Jordan is taking a less visible role and the broadcast guys are assuming positions of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to makethem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to makethem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting things done is to act! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting things done is to act!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fact, it tends to argue the opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30781]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fact, it tends to argue the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to make sure the public and the university start to voice their opposition to intelligent design. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36396]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to make sure the public and the university start to voice their opposition to intelligent design.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33973]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and we haven't played them in nine years [in the postseason]. So it's really irrelevant, I think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue But moody and dull melancholy,  Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue But moody and dull melancholy,  Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,   And at her heels a huge infectious troop    Of pale distemperatures and foes to life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62835]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely the worst experience of my life that I ever want to live through, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely the worst experience of my life that I ever want to live through,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but The truth in masquerade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26114]]></link><description><![CDATA[And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but The truth in masquerade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a trend that's being done more often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a trend that's being done more often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is the essence of everything successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is the essence of everything successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21672]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides, they always smell of bread and butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides, they always smell of bread and butter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall assume that what each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but by pictures made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51995]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall assume that what each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but by pictures made by himself or given to him. If his atlas tells him the world is flat he will not sail near what he believes to be the edge of our planet for fear of falling off. If his maps include a fountain of eternal youth, a Ponce de Leon will go off in quest of it. If someone digs up yellow dirt that looks like gold, he will for a time act exactly as if he has found gold. The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do. It does not determine what they will achieve. It determines their effort, their feelings, their hopes, not their accomplishments and results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death, the last sleep? No the final awakening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death, the last sleep? No the final awakening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took away coffee, that saved $150,000 a year. Why do you need coffee in jail? ... Switched to bologna ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took away coffee, that saved $150,000 a year. Why do you need coffee in jail? ... Switched to bologna sandwiches, that saved half a million dollars a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't give them extra outs. We're not going to score enough runs, where we can give a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32142]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't give them extra outs. We're not going to score enough runs, where we can give a lot of extra outs, meaning errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All married women are not wives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61567]]></link><description><![CDATA[All married women are not wives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this.  A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to face them in court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31009]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to face them in court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62471]]></link><description><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3092</guid></item></channel></rss>