<?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[I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48143]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54831]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By a man's reaction to Jesus Christ, that man stands revealed. By his reaction to Jesus Christ his houl is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7460]]></link><description><![CDATA[By a man's reaction to Jesus Christ, that man stands revealed. By his reaction to Jesus Christ his houl is laid bare. If he regards Christ with love, even with wistful yearning, for him there is hope; but if in Christ he sees nothing lovely he has condemned himself. He who was sent in love has become to the man, judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild:  They follow the beck of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5640]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild:  They follow the beck of a baleful star,   Their paths are dream-beguiled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59840]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. -Boris Pasternak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26603]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29464]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46291]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he is stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale  That's merrier than the nightingale.   - Henry Wadsworth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale  That's merrier than the nightingale.   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn (pt. III,),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great deal of human nature in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19931]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great deal of human nature in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We work in lower Manhattan. This is New York. We're not afraid of attacks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We work in lower Manhattan. This is New York. We're not afraid of attacks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15618]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65707]]></link><description><![CDATA[As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started off bad and never recovered. I thought we may have taken a step back tonight. We just didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35460]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started off bad and never recovered. I thought we may have taken a step back tonight. We just didn't play well, and it showed early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many different kinds of people there. It breeds a certain self-confidence and a willingness to work hard for what you want. I don't know, maybe they put something in the water -- the river is green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a lovers quarrel with the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a lovers quarrel with the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50277]]></link><description><![CDATA[In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know no one is perfect including ourselves so we look beyond someones imperfections and concentrate on their perfections and our happiest shines thru. As long as one's HEART is in the right place and is perfect for your liking then everything else that is near perfect or perfect about them is a bonus and everything else....secondary, they don't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now they look like rumpled old men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53929]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are they are they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent being toward God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty should accompany youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty should accompany youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man shall have one vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61002]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man shall have one vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33852]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking the tires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1946]]></link><description><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me--  (When fortune's malice   Lost her Calais)--   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me--  (When fortune's malice   Lost her Calais)--    Open my heart and you will see     Graved inside of it, "Italy."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prevention is a whole lot less costly than treatment ? and maybe more effective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prevention is a whole lot less costly than treatment ? and maybe more effective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10724]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51511]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20851]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1764]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall never want rope enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51062]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall never want rope enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51062</guid></item></channel></rss>