<?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[He doth nothing but talk of his horse. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55554]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doth nothing but talk of his horse. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3319]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many different voice and languages; but there is but one voice of the peoples when you are declared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many different voice and languages; but there is but one voice of the peoples when you are declared to be the true "Father of your country." [Lat., Vox diversa sonat: populorum est vox tamen una,  Cum verus Patriae diceris esse Pater.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883]]></link><description><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63293]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away;  Agayne I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16483]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away;  Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,   But came the tyde and made my paynes his prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Length the Fox turnes Monk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49143]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Length the Fox turnes Monk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59403]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that was our best game of the year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36150]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that was our best game of the year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if it makes the Americans happy and willing to go on to discuss the real issues of the peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36380]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if it makes the Americans happy and willing to go on to discuss the real issues of the peace process, we happily grant them that achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643]]></link><description><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their husbands in paradise).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a superb bill for America. It lets people keep their money, increases growth and job opportunity, and it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30198]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a superb bill for America. It lets people keep their money, increases growth and job opportunity, and it's just the beginning. You ain't seen nothing yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being alone will never cause as much loneliness as the wrong relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being alone will never cause as much loneliness as the wrong relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61622]]></link><description><![CDATA[First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People begin to gain weight as they become older. It's only natural that they gain weight if they eat the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39651]]></link><description><![CDATA[People begin to gain weight as they become older. It's only natural that they gain weight if they eat the same amount of food as they did when they were young. They need to know that their basal metabolic rate decreases with age. Gaining weight means not only increasing the amount of subcutaneous fat in the body, but visceral as well, and this is the major factor in lifestyle-related diseases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55333]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just nice to get out and play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30839]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just nice to get out and play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no slavery but ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47476]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no slavery but ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cling to an idea as the inalterable truth, then when the truth does come in person and knock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55060]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cling to an idea as the inalterable truth, then when the truth does come in person and knock at your door, you will not be able to open the door and accept it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased to use this time to move into a new life for ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17618]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, and you don't branch out, you don't try-you don't take the risk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3734]]></link><description><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go back and cut what I wanna cut at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58988]]></link><description><![CDATA[To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5368]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I doubt we'll ever call a game again with this stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt we'll ever call a game again with this stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30402]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country with as horrific a record as Burma, especially when suffering spills across borders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995</guid></item></channel></rss>