<?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[To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35099]]></link><description><![CDATA[To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39486]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider an enemy may become a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider an enemy may become a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant no other tree before the vine. [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plant no other tree before the vine. [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2817]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought   That one might almost say her body thought.   - Dr. John Donne,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/212]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One fourth of the money stays here in Zanesville, going to Christ Table and the Salvation Army. The other three-fourth's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30142]]></link><description><![CDATA[One fourth of the money stays here in Zanesville, going to Christ Table and the Salvation Army. The other three-fourth's goes wherever it is needed in this country and in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Jimmy Carter, and I'm going to be your next president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48144]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm Jimmy Carter, and I'm going to be your next president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things just kind of built from there. I always liked watching them in football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things just kind of built from there. I always liked watching them in football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1679]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guilty conscience never feels secure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guilty conscience never feels secure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annuit coepis. [He (God) approves our undertakings.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who comes to the show should have an open mind. It's kind of different. Take your expectations of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who comes to the show should have an open mind. It's kind of different. Take your expectations of a magic show, and forget them. This will change them. People have preconceived notions of what a magic show should be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28156]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination at the TPC.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48691]]></link><description><![CDATA[But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59804]]></link><description><![CDATA[God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does his best, what else is there? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65627]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does his best, what else is there?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have consideration for wounded feelings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have consideration for wounded feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books;  And ruin half an author's graces   By plucking bon-mots from their places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MGM is very deliberate. They are not going to do a deal that isn't immediately accretive to earnings per share. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37302]]></link><description><![CDATA[MGM is very deliberate. They are not going to do a deal that isn't immediately accretive to earnings per share. Harrah's, on the other hand, has done deals that aren't accretive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She will be much better if she fights out of the country to get the feel of away matches and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40332]]></link><description><![CDATA[She will be much better if she fights out of the country to get the feel of away matches and even jeering from other fans,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57614]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. I've still got a couple of weeks to work hard and prepare. I think I can do a little better than I did today. We'll see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through tall cowslips nodding near you, Just to touch you as you pass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through tall cowslips nodding near you, Just to touch you as you pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are everywhere and still watching as well ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30134]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are everywhere and still watching as well]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47432]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1622]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers face to face, friends side by side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers face to face, friends side by side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53657]]></link><description><![CDATA[In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item></channel></rss>