<?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[The numbers are just staggering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers are just staggering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24607]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all options are closed before the Palestinians to get their rights, then only God knows what the Palestinians would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all options are closed before the Palestinians to get their rights, then only God knows what the Palestinians would do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2139]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of pleasure, assuage what I find of pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51069]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25845]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51812]]></link><description><![CDATA[In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14552]]></link><description><![CDATA[The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm saddest when I sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43432]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm saddest when I sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66241]]></link><description><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never fail who die in a great cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21753]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never fail who die in a great cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get a little frustrated and lose their poise a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45666]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your bonny brow was brent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care  And all the long year through the heir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care  And all the long year through the heir   Of joy and sorrow,    Methinks that there abides in thee     Some concord with humanity,      Given to no other flower I see       The forest through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute?--Then fall Caesar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute?--Then fall Caesar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  Having made man in His own image, a rational being, He meant him to be lord only over irrational beings: not man set over man, but man set over beasts. The first cause of servitude is sin, by which man is subjected to man by the bonds of his condition... But by that nature in which God formerly created man, nobody is slave either to man or to sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12365]]></link><description><![CDATA[People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won't disappoint us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66683]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42520]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531]]></link><description><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54844]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the division race will come down to the final week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32878]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the division race will come down to the final week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to be here to see Danny, but it's going to be weird watching from the stands, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37265]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to be here to see Danny, but it's going to be weird watching from the stands,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now musing o'er the changing scene Farmers behind the tavern screen  Collect; with elbows idly press'd   On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now musing o'er the changing scene Farmers behind the tavern screen  Collect; with elbows idly press'd   On hob, reclines the corner's guest,    Reading the news to mark again     The bankrupt lists or price of grain.      Puffing the while his red-tipt pipe       He dreams o'er troubles nearly ripe,        Yet, winter's leisure to regale,         Hopes better times, and sips his ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/801]]></link><description><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an enjoyable experience to make a difference, ... They [volunteers] are actually getting dirty. They're using their hearts, their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31599]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an enjoyable experience to make a difference, ... They [volunteers] are actually getting dirty. They're using their hearts, their hands and their heads to make a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings The animal made by human commitee had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet .. frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved sheep's eyes which watched the devourers calf brains which contained Mad Cow and God sent angels to wipe all violence from the earth from this day forth © S N Shriver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One doctor described it as 18th-century medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36333]]></link><description><![CDATA[One doctor described it as 18th-century medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt toshut our eyes against a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt toshut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of thesiren, till she transforms us into beasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65966]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item></channel></rss>