<?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[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To kiss the rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52545]]></link><description><![CDATA[To kiss the rod.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Iraqis believe that psychologists treat crazy people. For this reason, they don?t bring their children in for treatment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Iraqis believe that psychologists treat crazy people. For this reason, they don?t bring their children in for treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153</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[Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have had a very successful construction season this summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32421]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have had a very successful construction season this summer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24602]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some girls never know what they are going to do from one husband to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some girls never know what they are going to do from one husband to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man? (Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a painter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58572]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man? (Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a painter could not have made him ill, though they had been but two years o' th' trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civility costs nothing and buys everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civility costs nothing and buys everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8897]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20140]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's also a way of us informing the community ... I think it's also a way of learning from our own peers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey! Mr. Tamborine Man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hey! Mr. Tamborine Man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10236]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   Especially the ghost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43262]]></link><description><![CDATA[He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we had better go into the minute secrets of the campaign, so far as I know them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we had better go into the minute secrets of the campaign, so far as I know them, because I see the reporters are present, who are taking it all down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still ending, and beginning still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still ending, and beginning still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man thinketh he is rich enough in grace, till he take out his purse, and... then he findeth it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man thinketh he is rich enough in grace, till he take out his purse, and... then he findeth it but poor and light in the day of a heavy trial. I found I had not enough to bear my expenses, and should have fainted, if want and penury had not chased me to the storehouse of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to recognize that charter schools are public schools, and that it is better for your tax dollars to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37538]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to recognize that charter schools are public schools, and that it is better for your tax dollars to be spent on innovative programs that equip children to succeed, rather than always sending money to schools regardless of whether or not they succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby fat. I want to look nice and feel attractive. ... I grew my hair out and got it lightened for the simple reason that I'm pretty gray, and this means I don't have to go to the hairdresser as often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence - that common cure of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence - that common cure of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5876]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12841</guid></item></channel></rss>