<?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[Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings, but I say 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mind own man since.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60726]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express , ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express ,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a budding morrow in midnight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59454]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a budding morrow in midnight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all alike, on the inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66806]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all alike, on the inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among them, but not of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among them, but not of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079]]></link><description><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing only leads to more writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing only leads to more writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It offers the clinic the opportunity to serve more children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It offers the clinic the opportunity to serve more children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16218]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52330]]></link><description><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7368]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart is an innovator and the creation of this special Panel will improve and expand upon the opportunities for Wal-Mart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart is an innovator and the creation of this special Panel will improve and expand upon the opportunities for Wal-Mart associates around the country. I am delighted to have the chance to work with the company on this important effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when we think we lead, we are most led. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24476]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when we think we lead, we are most led.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor,   And the poor man loved the great:    Then lands were fairly portioned;     Then spoils were fairly sold:      The Romans were like brothers       In the brave days of old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well for the most part. We had a couple of lapses that ultimately cost us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34109]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well for the most part. We had a couple of lapses that ultimately cost us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy  To know I'm further off from heaven   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy  To know I'm further off from heaven   Than when I was a boy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an appetite nor restrain lust nor subdue a passion nor cross his covetousness and ambition for the sake of it, and in hope of that eternal life which God that cannot lie hath promised. He that refuses to do the less is not like to do the greater. It is very improbable that a man will die for his religion, when he cannot be persuaded to live according to it. He that cannot take up a resolution to live a saint, hath a demonstration within himself that he is never like to die a martyr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the governor expressed his concern that the local officials representing so many citizens were so stridently opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31897]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the governor expressed his concern that the local officials representing so many citizens were so stridently opposed to the proposal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I said to myself, 'That's an omen, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37789]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I said to myself, 'That's an omen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is they knocked them down in the fourth quarter when they needed to. We've executed our offense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is they knocked them down in the fourth quarter when they needed to. We've executed our offense pretty well the last couple ballgames. We executed well on both ends of the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53700]]></link><description><![CDATA[For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6051]]></link><description><![CDATA[But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56840]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're dynamic backs. They can flat out fly. We have to do a better job of getting off blocks and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38260]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're dynamic backs. They can flat out fly. We have to do a better job of getting off blocks and pursuing to the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17948]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24313]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have invited four artists to participate, ... We have given them a site walk-through and a general overview of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have invited four artists to participate, ... We have given them a site walk-through and a general overview of the project, of what we are building, so they have a visual understanding of the setting and the backdrop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35968]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd have been if I hadn't seen the match,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever loved that loved not at first sight? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/487</guid></item></channel></rss>