<?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[And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow,  Like a sheeted ghost, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow,  Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept   Towards the reef of Norman's Woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259]]></link><description><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is well paid is well satisfied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9999]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is well paid is well satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30118]]></link><description><![CDATA[was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49330]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw him. He got shot in the head. [The bullet] stopped in the middle of his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw him. He got shot in the head. [The bullet] stopped in the middle of his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just a difference maker. He's just a kid that intimidates everyone else on the court. You can't beat him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just a difference maker. He's just a kid that intimidates everyone else on the court. You can't beat him one-on-one, and you can't just let him go to work on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the creative individual all experience is seminal- all events are equidistant from new ideas and insights... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the creative individual all experience is seminal- all events are equidistant from new ideas and insights...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12257]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you find yourself at the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had the first ascents on most of the waterfalls in the Rocky Mountain Front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34480]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had the first ascents on most of the waterfalls in the Rocky Mountain Front.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please children and be made the subject of declamation. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please children and be made the subject of declamation. [Lat., I demens! et saevas curre per Alpes,  Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's really good at moving people off the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42144]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's really good at moving people off the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We certainly appreciate our working relationship with the mayor and his office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We certainly appreciate our working relationship with the mayor and his office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628]]></link><description><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we are planning so when it does we are ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22244]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My voice stuck in my throat. [Lat., Vox faucibus haesit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60928]]></link><description><![CDATA[My voice stuck in my throat. [Lat., Vox faucibus haesit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1786]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8545]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are afraid of the jeer about "pie in the sky", and of being told that we are trying to "escape" from the duty of making a happy world here and now, into dreams of a better world elsewhere. But either there is "pie in the sky" or there is not. If there is not, then Christianity is false, for this doctrine is woven into its whole fabric. If there is, then this doctrine, like any other, must be faced, whether it is useful at political meetings or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,  And therefore are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,  And therefore are they very dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23427]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4603]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38146]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and the remains of the Black-Seeded Simpson (leaf lettuce) on the left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not budge   And stealing will continue stealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want of pluck shows want of blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want of pluck shows want of blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65905]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541</guid></item></channel></rss>