<?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[But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65970]]></link><description><![CDATA[But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf and the LambWOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf and the LambWOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56864]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I!"  "Not of the importance you suppose," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16210]]></link><description><![CDATA["I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I!"  "Not of the importance you suppose,"   Replies a Flea upon his nose;    "Be humble, learn thyself to scan;     Know, pride was never made for man."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad:  Silence accompanied; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad:  Silence accompanied; for beast and bird,   They to they grassy couch, these to their nests,    Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people have opened their eyes now. The game is getting played more and more all around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31055]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people have opened their eyes now. The game is getting played more and more all around the world. We get more respect now than we used to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36172]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. We're prepared to do it. We're not going to walk away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611]]></link><description><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,   But a few think him pleasant enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of sheer size, it makes a fabulous presentation. You can get the beautiful large pieces of meat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40449]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of sheer size, it makes a fabulous presentation. You can get the beautiful large pieces of meat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63656]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22072]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48962]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66495]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29193]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in youth football, but he's a bit undersized for high school football. He has the potential of becoming a real good lineman. He just needs to continue to work on his strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good news, worthy of all acceptation, and yet not too good to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44457]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good news, worthy of all acceptation, and yet not too good to be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63256]]></link><description><![CDATA[America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54749]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy  To see how plump my bags are and my barns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot of challenges, and I look forward to working with the league office to help in any way I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercising and eating a Mediterranean-style diet will improve your changes of staying healthy, regardless of your cholesterol, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercising and eating a Mediterranean-style diet will improve your changes of staying healthy, regardless of your cholesterol,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46173]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haven't you ever been using an operating system and said, 'Well, that's stupid, why do the menus look like that?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haven't you ever been using an operating system and said, 'Well, that's stupid, why do the menus look like that?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44730]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21549</guid></item></channel></rss>