<?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[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30675]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not so much with the first team as these tended to be second team matches played on a Friday night, but that did not stop the two sides from going at one another, and I expect that to be the main theme on Saturday evening. We will both have a go at one another within the spirit of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54838]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O month when they who love must love and wed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26612]]></link><description><![CDATA[O month when they who love must love and wed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their pure breath sanctifies the air,    As its fragrance fills the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people study all their life, and at their death they have learned everything except to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people study all their life, and at their death they have learned everything except to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39735]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. "God wishes," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. "God wishes," said Calvin, "that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or sectarian or tribal or political discrimination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you completely trust a person without any doubt, you'll automatically get one of two results - a person for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62957]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you completely trust a person without any doubt, you'll automatically get one of two results - a person for life or a lesson for life!!!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While twilight's curtain gathering far, Is pinned with a single diamond star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57830]]></link><description><![CDATA[While twilight's curtain gathering far, Is pinned with a single diamond star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stately and tall he moves in the hall, The chief of a thousand for grace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stately and tall he moves in the hall, The chief of a thousand for grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. •George S. Patton  Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. •Benjamin Disraeli  Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. •William Feather  All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. •Mark Twain  The reward of a thing well done is having done it. •Ralph Waldo Emerson  It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. •Joseph Ross  Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. •Dave Gardner  If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed. •Anonymous  The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. •Elbert Hubbard  Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. •James W. Pence   The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi  or •Donald Kendall  The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin  The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. •Nelson Boswell  The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. •Jean Giraudoux  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. •Bill Cosby  Why be a man when you can be a success? •Bertold Brecht  For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. •Richard Feynman  Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axylos, Teuthranos's son that dwelt in stablished Arisbe; a man of substance dear to his fellows; for his dwelling was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Axylos, Teuthranos's son that dwelt in stablished Arisbe; a man of substance dear to his fellows; for his dwelling was by the road-side and he entertained all men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to our algorithms, find some order in this. We're creating these from scratch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you don't have the hits you have to try find another way to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un gros serpent mordit Aurele. Que croyez-vous qu'il arriva?  Qu' Aurele en mourut? Bagatelle!   Ce fut le ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Un gros serpent mordit Aurele. Que croyez-vous qu'il arriva?  Qu' Aurele en mourut? Bagatelle!   Ce fut le serpent qui creva.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/414]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the little guy, it's getting harder and harder to compete with the big boys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42434]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the little guy, it's getting harder and harder to compete with the big boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51647]]></link><description><![CDATA[You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105]]></link><description><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28048]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't cook and will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GodWhen I was alone, and had nothingI asked for a friend to help me bear the painNo one came, except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52962]]></link><description><![CDATA[GodWhen I was alone, and had nothingI asked for a friend to help me bear the painNo one came, except GodWhen I needed a breath to rise, from my sleepNo one could help me.. except GodWhen all I saw was sadness, and I needed answersNo one heard me, except GodSo when I'm asked.. who I give my unconditional love to?I look for no other name, except God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.  [Ger., Die Kirch' allein, meine lieben ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.  [Ger., Die Kirch' allein, meine lieben Frauen,   Kann ungerechtes Gut verdauen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57199]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was about two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29195]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was about two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800</guid></item></channel></rss>