<?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 mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3572]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine cooler, and said that it was sixteen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1710]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very small for its age," said Gnathaena.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59984]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have nothing is not poverty. [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50639]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have nothing is not poverty. [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a dog he hunts in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a dog he hunts in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write them, above all, in your heart; there they can be neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write them, above all, in your heart; there they can be neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48937]]></link><description><![CDATA[In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kmart's significant losses and sales decline in the first quarter reflect the many challenges the company faced in the period ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kmart's significant losses and sales decline in the first quarter reflect the many challenges the company faced in the period following our voluntary Chapter 11 filing, ... These challenges included reduced inventory levels as vendors withheld shipments in the early days of the reorganization and reduced store traffic arising from the bankruptcy filing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely. -Kim Lyons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about it, Cats, he said eventually, Cats are Nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s impudence, ask yourself at once, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂCan the world exist without impudent people?ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41480]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s impudence, ask yourself at once, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂCan the world exist without impudent people?ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was very irrational and having visions and hallucinations, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36166]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was very irrational and having visions and hallucinations,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66735]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51073]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, 'I think I'm cured.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread  Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread  Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence   Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exactly, they just get some bands and say, This is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exactly, they just get some bands and say, This is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12024]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27027]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5881]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62822]]></link><description><![CDATA[A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David went down in the second set, and the trainer came out and looked at him. I told him the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30269]]></link><description><![CDATA[David went down in the second set, and the trainer came out and looked at him. I told him the match wasn't worth getting hurt over. I think it was just pure guts on his part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65733]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despatch is the soul of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despatch is the soul of business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49404]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47694]]></link><description><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have beaten off a lot of competition from other clubs to secure Martin's signature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have beaten off a lot of competition from other clubs to secure Martin's signature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is to keep the officers out on the things that really need to be taken care of right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is to keep the officers out on the things that really need to be taken care of right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5695]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46409]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handle your tools without mittens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handle your tools without mittens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62105</guid></item></channel></rss>