<?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[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49315]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11107]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I have women banging on my door, I have no time to answer it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/407]]></link><description><![CDATA[To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the penn'worth of his thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62324]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the penn'worth of his thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not every question that deserves an answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52762]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not every question that deserves an answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our pompe the earth covers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49106]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our pompe the earth covers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9415]]></link><description><![CDATA[All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better image and appearance. Our community betterment task force has done a great job over the last eight months of starting these initiatives and really making a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48984]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nouvelle Cuisine, roughly translated, means: I can't believe I paid ninety-six dollars and I'm still hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nouvelle Cuisine, roughly translated, means: I can't believe I paid ninety-six dollars and I'm still hungry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63138]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul;  That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19956]]></link><description><![CDATA[For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul;  That kindred feelings might our state improve,   And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You train and train and train for one match. You only have four two-minute rounds ? that's eight minutes ? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29153]]></link><description><![CDATA[You train and train and train for one match. You only have four two-minute rounds ? that's eight minutes ? to show what you've got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a bit shocking no movie has done it by now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31687]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a bit shocking no movie has done it by now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51057]]></link><description><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained The deep vibrations of his witching song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60927]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained The deep vibrations of his witching song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The cartoon controversy] has struck a chord of public anger. The spark was provided by the cartoons, but it's already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29787]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The cartoon controversy] has struck a chord of public anger. The spark was provided by the cartoons, but it's already political, and the target now is the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor grip,   Let that aye be your border.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned,  When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned,  When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod,   And high o'er heaven was throned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whethera man is wise by his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21397]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whethera man is wise by his questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29528]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Durability is part of what makes a great athlete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear  That unicorns may be betrayed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16170]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear  That unicorns may be betrayed with trees   And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,    Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,     He says he does, being then most flattered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52854]]></link><description><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12035]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in the fury ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets, swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog, drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipped from tithing to tithing, and stock-punished and imprisoned; who hath had three suits to his back, six shirts to his body, Horse to ride, and weapon to wear,  But mice and rats, and such small deer,   Have been Tom's food for seven long year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4564]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48139]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is a failure who is enjoying life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22175]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is a failure who is enjoying life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64789</guid></item></channel></rss>