<?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[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building up arms is not a substitute for diplomacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Building up arms is not a substitute for diplomacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird would sing   Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn,    Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn;--     Shaking his languid locks all dewy bright      With tangled gossamer that fell by night,       Pearling his coronet of golden corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three of them are competitive kids and they have always been successful players. Brendan wasn't a surprise, I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32483]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three of them are competitive kids and they have always been successful players. Brendan wasn't a surprise, I have seen what he could do for the past couple of years. Sometimes sophomores come up to varsity and have trouble adjusting right away but he has really been a good player for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind belief is dangerous. - Luyia , Western Kenya ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind belief is dangerous. - Luyia , Western Kenya]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,  For the ashes of his fathers   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45796]]></link><description><![CDATA[And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,  For the ashes of his fathers   And the temples of his gods?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half todeath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half todeath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10062]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845</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[Men of different tastes have different pursuits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of different tastes have different pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27639</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><item><title><![CDATA[No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils,  Trapped in the spectrum of a dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8765]]></link><description><![CDATA[No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils,  Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style:   A village like an instinct left to rust,    Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tho' he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion,  That the Theban eagle bear,   Sailing with supreme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tho' he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion,  That the Theban eagle bear,   Sailing with supreme dominion    Thro' the azure deep of air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart declare;   Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling toimprove themselves; they therefore remain bound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling toimprove themselves; they therefore remain bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53173]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth   Some monstrous malefactor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue has hit strange victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue has hit strange victims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6051]]></link><description><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prediction is difficult, especially about the future..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountains for a few days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62720]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58409]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said, "He had divorced Pompeia because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a crime, but of the very suspicion of it."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23670]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3686</guid></item></channel></rss>