<?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[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17930]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig   And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig."    "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig,     And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evening words are not like to morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evening words are not like to morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28125]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. - The Would-be Gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived  The mother of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived  The mother of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63406]]></link><description><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4805]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the moon, to stare up.I want to be looking at them when they comePicking among the dumb minerals, the roots.I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.They will wonder if I was important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58669]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18890]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30523]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some mismatch situations, throwing some crossing routes underneath, trying to isolate him on linebackers and situations like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each foot its own shoe. [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56219]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each foot its own shoe. [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American experiment is the most tremendous and far reaching engine of social change which has ever either blessed or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31359]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American experiment is the most tremendous and far reaching engine of social change which has ever either blessed or cursed mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valour that parlies is neare yeelding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have people spending 55 minutes online is fascinating, because they are not doing something else. There are a fixed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41419]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have people spending 55 minutes online is fascinating, because they are not doing something else. There are a fixed number of minutes in a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to winthat makes the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to winthat makes the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acerra always drinks till dawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acerra always drinks till dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58038]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37110]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and it will break. The best method is to wait and see the bird in full strut. If his fan (tail feathers) form an even-edged circle, then he's mature. If there are shorter feathers on the edges of the fan with taller feathers in the middle, then it's a jake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15029]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to be traveling, make sure all your immunizations are current, drink only bottled water and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41450]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to be traveling, make sure all your immunizations are current, drink only bottled water and I wouldn't eat poultry in Asia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will not be saved merely because people go to church, ours or any other's. If we seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will not be saved merely because people go to church, ours or any other's. If we seem to say [that the world will be so saved] to the tormented nations, this is only a measure of our failure to see that the Anglican Communion is not an end in itself. And what an impertinence it is when we fail to see that -- when we seem to say to the world that their only hope is in the tepid conventions of our club.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those accused have the right to know who the court members are. He might have a personal or political enmity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those accused have the right to know who the court members are. He might have a personal or political enmity with a court member,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my life. So much trivia. I don't fault them for that ? all of it applies to some people's lives but not mine. I feel that I have better things to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory of evolution must be considered as a scientific theory, as theory, that is, proposed to explain or systemize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory of evolution must be considered as a scientific theory, as theory, that is, proposed to explain or systemize a set of facts, and that no one has any claim to be considered as a serious rival to Darwin in the "discovery" of this theory who did not conduct his evolutionary studies upon a reasonably wide basis of facts. To have ideas, apercus, is not enough, and it is the overevalutation of such clever but uncontrolled guesses which is apt to produce the ludicrous fallacy of combination, in which fragments of the final theory are collected from widely scattered sources and are combined in such a way as to impugn the originality of him who was the first to see how such a synthesis was possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daughter is a Little Girl who grows up to be a Friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5931]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daughter is a Little Girl who grows up to be a Friend]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5931</guid></item></channel></rss>