<?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 want to die in my sleep like my friend.... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my friend.... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stretching himself. He asked him sharply: Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly. The Dog, wagging his tail, replied: O, master! I am quite ready; it is you for whom I am waiting. The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1520</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[Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes snug ballads from a cart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes snug ballads from a cart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9162]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for they are not. It is that old ideas are seldom entirely false, but have truth, great truth in them. The justification for conservatism is the desire to preserve the truths and standards of the past; its dangers, of which we are seldom aware, is that in preserving those values, we may miss the infinitely greater riches that lie in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take some of the selling pressure off stocks today. We are not likely to see real stock-buying this afternoon as most investors still want to see what happens with the storm during the weekend, but if damage is minimal, we might be bound for a rally on Monday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see   The curved line ever follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just know this is the best job I've ever had because I have had so many other jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just know this is the best job I've ever had because I have had so many other jobs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,   Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,    The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20131]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played even with one of the best teams in the state for 16 minutes. But (Arlington) is just relentless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34561]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played even with one of the best teams in the state for 16 minutes. But (Arlington) is just relentless on the glass and just slaughtered us on the boards. That's when the wheels started coming off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731]]></link><description><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 Commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, tractarian, 1882   No one is safe by his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like her because she smiles at me and means it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like her because she smiles at me and means it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad monetary and fiscal policy, often designed by the IMF, is the real cause of global problems. The only explanation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad monetary and fiscal policy, often designed by the IMF, is the real cause of global problems. The only explanation for why government leaders continue to follow these policies is that by blaming markets, they avoid blaming themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it;  But we hae meat, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it;  But we hae meat, and we can eat,   And sae the Lord be thankit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just random stuff that people need done, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just random stuff that people need done,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11902</guid></item></channel></rss>