<?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[Never, believe me, Appear the Immortals,  Never alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, believe me, Appear the Immortals,  Never alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11859]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Venice, Tass's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier;  Her palaces are crumbling to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60478]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Venice, Tass's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier;  Her palaces are crumbling to the shore,   And music meets not always now the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my possessions for a moment of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24148]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my possessions for a moment of time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59711]]></link><description><![CDATA[We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely not 'boys will be boys,' ... These are some serious assaults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42018]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely not 'boys will be boys,' ... These are some serious assaults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and were ready to play. Our kids kept on fighting though.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do that all the time, and it's not just something I'm making up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do that all the time, and it's not just something I'm making up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the few jobs in which you sign a contract to risk your life on your job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35043]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the few jobs in which you sign a contract to risk your life on your job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me. -John Wesley.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result. [Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi vindicant potestates.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a game in which one always cheats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a game in which one always cheats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Pressler offered me his resignation earlier this afternoon and I accepted it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Pressler offered me his resignation earlier this afternoon and I accepted it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At every close she made, th' attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song:  So just, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56450]]></link><description><![CDATA[At every close she made, th' attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song:  So just, so small, yet in so sweet a note,   It seemed the music melted in the throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly. [Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17836]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly. [Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28691]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the airport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good preacher should have these qualities and virtues: first, to teach systematically; second, he should have a ready wit; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8325]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good preacher should have these qualities and virtues: first, to teach systematically; second, he should have a ready wit; third, he should be eloquent; fourth, he should have a good voice; fifth, a good memory; sixth, he should know when to make an end; seventh, he should be sure of his doctrine; eighth, he should venture and engage body and blood, wealth and honor, in the world; ninth, he should suffer himself to be mocked and jeered of everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44461]]></link><description><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends;   And this is the news from Hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's capable of amazing feats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29743]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's capable of amazing feats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A month from now, when many of our shows will have premiered, there's going to be a bit of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35277]]></link><description><![CDATA[A month from now, when many of our shows will have premiered, there's going to be a bit of a shift perceived by the viewer. What you need to see is sprouts coming out of the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/357]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60075]]></link><description><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to make things happen. Hit-and-run, steals, we wanted to put pressure on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to make things happen. Hit-and-run, steals, we wanted to put pressure on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character, consistent to human nature, but what he was forced to ascribe to it many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3514]]></link><description><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character, consistent to human nature, but what he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois pork producers and the pork industry are committed to providing a safe, quality, affordable protein source, while caring for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illinois pork producers and the pork industry are committed to providing a safe, quality, affordable protein source, while caring for the environment, being a good neighbor, and adding economic development to our economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is not alluring to pure minds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is not alluring to pure minds]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55845]]></link><description><![CDATA[And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22606]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57755]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57755</guid></item></channel></rss>