<?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[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, atfifteen your double, and after that, your friend or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, atfifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending onhis bringing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And half a world away!    Rose-red and blood-red     The stripes forever gleam;      Snow-white and soul-white--       The good forefathers' dream;        Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright--         The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter through the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57700]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14174]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24771]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians were reposing here as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage; and the odor of their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard.   - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed lest you stumble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed lest you stumble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--  Sailed on a river of crystal light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--  Sailed on a river of crystal light   Into a sea of dew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only play two games a week, so if we have to add a third game it isn't too bad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only play two games a week, so if we have to add a third game it isn't too bad. We just haven't been getting the practice time, but the guys are trying to stay sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9764]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Letters to Lucilius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad because Australian tennis fans have come to love Kim and I think we will continue to, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38482]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad because Australian tennis fans have come to love Kim and I think we will continue to, just as we do with Lleyton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire supply chain. Short lead times reduce cost. It's real simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40230]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A savior of the silver-coasted isle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45820]]></link><description><![CDATA[A savior of the silver-coasted isle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is voided, for apologetics is aimed at persuading doubters, not at refuting the defiant. He who demands a kind of proof that the nature of the case renders impossible, is determined that no possible evidence shall convince him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the symptom, not the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12480]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the symptom, not the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a very strong team in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27392]]></link><description><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,   The insolence of office, and the spurns    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,     When he himself might his quietus make      With a bare bodkin?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8947]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51115]]></link><description><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crown not on my soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crown not on my soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950]]></link><description><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the issue over Iran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50176]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health,  The fit is strongest. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health,  The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave,   On their departure most of all show evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more work to sell a $1000 work by an emerging artist than a $20,000 work by an established one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30799]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more work to sell a $1000 work by an emerging artist than a $20,000 work by an established one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19396]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66916]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5602</guid></item></channel></rss>